audit
an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
a report or statement reflecting an audit; a final statement of account.
the inspection or examination of a building or other facility to evaluate or improve its appropriateness, safety, efficiency, or the like: An energy audit can suggest ways to reduce home fuel bills.
Archaic. a judicial hearing.
Obsolete. an audience.
to make an audit of; examine (accounts, records, etc.) for purposes of verification: The accountants audited the company's books at the end of the fiscal year.
to attend (classes, lectures, etc.) as an auditor.
to make an audit of (a building or other facility) to evaluate or improve its safety, efficiency, or the like.
to examine and verify an account or accounts by reference to vouchers.
Origin of audit
1Other words from audit
- au·dit·a·ble, adjective
- re·au·dit, noun, verb
- un·au·dit·ed, adjective
- well-au·dit·ed, adjective
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How to use audit in a sentence
Which is more responsible: too big to fail, or auditing the Fed?
Do you really trust the people who are tapping your phone and auditing your taxes to take over your medical records?
IRS, DOJ, and Benghazi Expose Limits of Obama’s Big-Government Vision | Stuart Stevens | May 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAuditing is an integral part of advancement in the ranks of Scientology.
Scientology Glossary: Thetans, Engrams, Sea Org, & More Key Terms | David Sessions | July 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce, after one of these childhood auditing sessions in London, I fell while running down a hill.
Scientology’s Sea Org: A Story of Escape for Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise | Abigail Pesta | July 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the auditing process, adherents may disclose details of their personal life, and a record of the audit is placed in a file.
Will Scientology Sway Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s Divorce? | Matthew DeLuca | July 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
And the company guards came down and picked it up immediately after lunch for their auditing department.
Who was that young man who came down here to help Johnson with the auditing, and who went away so suddenly?
The New Tenant | E. Phillips OppenheimThe Board met once for but ten minutes, and turned the whole auditing business over to Tweed.
I have in my mind a commercial married man auditing in his debit and credit mind the matrimonial balance sheet.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott ParryThe Government maintained an auditing organization at each job.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict Crowell
British Dictionary definitions for audit
/ (ˈɔːdɪt) /
an inspection, correction, and verification of business accounts, conducted by an independent qualified accountant
(as modifier): audit report
US an audited account
any thoroughgoing check or examination
archaic a hearing
to inspect, correct, and certify (accounts, etc)
US and Canadian to attend (classes, etc) as an auditor
Origin of audit
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for audit
The examination by an outside party of the accounts of an individual or corporation.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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