auditor

[ aw-di-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person appointed and authorized to examine accounts and accounting records, compare the charges with the vouchers, verify balance sheet and income items, and state the result.

  2. a university student registered for a course without credit and without obligation to do work assigned to the class.

  1. a hearer; listener.

Origin of auditor

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English auditour, from Anglo-French, from Latin audītor “hearer,” from audī(re) “to hear” + -tor -tor

Other words from auditor

  • au·di·tor·ship, noun
  • sub·au·di·tor, noun
  • su·per·au·di·tor, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for auditor

auditor

/ (ˈɔːdɪtə) /


noun
  1. a person qualified to audit accounts

  2. a person who hears or listens

  1. Australian, US and Canadian a registered student who attends a class that is not an official part of his course of study, without actively participating it

Origin of auditor

1
C14: from Old French auditeur, from Latin audītor a hearer

Derived forms of auditor

  • auditorial, adjective

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