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certified public accountant
noun
- an accountant certified by a state examining board as having fulfilled the requirements of state law to be a public accountant. : C.P.A.
certified public accountant
noun
- (in the US) a public accountant certified to have met state legal requirements Compare certified accountant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of certified public accountant1
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Example Sentences
A former certified public accountant emailed me that her adult son mailed his paper federal return in October and still hasn’t heard a word from the IRS on its status — or the $11,000 refund he and his wife are owed.
Codefendant and Certified Public Accountant Muhammad Khilji asserts a similar story of reckless spending.
Picower was trained as a certified public accountant and as a lawyer.
I started off soon after nine o'clock and made my first call on Jerry Mills, who was a certified public accountant.
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