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accountant

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English

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Alternative forms

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(one who handles financial records):acc.

Etymology

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FromMiddle English, fromMiddle Frenchacuntant. Equivalent toaccount +‎-ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

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Noun

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accountant (pluralaccountants)

  1. One whorendersaccount; oneaccountable.
  2. Areckoner, or someone who maintainsfinancial matters for a person(s).
  3. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining andauditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
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      No need to worry, myaccountant handles that
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Quotations

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  • [1900, Francis William Pixley,Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London).[2], volume 1, page 4:
    The wordAccountant is derived from the French wordcompter, which took its origin from the Latin wordcomputare. The word was formerly written in English as "accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both inpronunciation and inorthography to its present form.]

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Translations

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one who renders account; one accountable
a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
one who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts
one whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another
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Adjective

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accountant (comparativemoreaccountant,superlativemostaccountant)

  1. (obsolete, withto)Accountable.[15th–19th c.]

Translations

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accountableseeaccountable

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishaccountant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑˈkɑu̯n.tənt/
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  • Hyphenation:ac‧coun‧tant

Noun

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accountant m (pluralaccountants,nodiminutive)

  1. anaccountant; anaccount-keeper orauditor

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