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C.P.A.

American  

abbreviation

  1. certified public accountant.

  2. chartered public accountant.


CPA British  

abbreviation

  1. certified public accountant

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Lisa Greene-Lewis, a C.P.A. who works with TurboTax, said the company saw a 207 percent increase in users saying they are creators or influencers between 2018 and 2020.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Every year, the C.P.A. and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at Wharton score S&P 500 companies on their accountability and transparency around contributions and build an index out of the results.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2022

Many of these accountants are cryptocurrency fans themselves, and they are more likely than your average C.P.A. to understand concepts like airdrops, hard forks and other bits of confusing crypto-jargon.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2018

The rodeo’s financial records, she said, were “reviewed by a C.P.A. firm.”

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2017

I found I could make an earlier connection with the C.P.A. yesterday and get to the Island last night.

From Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)