Accountant

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accountant \Ac*count"ant\, n. [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant,
     p. pr.]
     1. One who renders account; one accountable.
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     2. A reckoner.


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     3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an
        officer in a public office, who has charge of the
        accounts.
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     {Accountatn general}, the head or superintending accountant
        in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in
        the English court of chancery who received the moneys paid
        into the court, and deposited them in the Bank of England.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accountant \Ac*count"ant\, a.
     Accountable. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accountant
       n : someone who maintains and audits business accounts [syn: {comptroller},
            {controller}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "accountant":
     CA, CPA, abacist, accountant general, actuary, amanuensis,
     archivist, auditor, bank accountant, bank examiner, bookkeeper,
     bursar, calculator, cashier, cashkeeper,
     certified public accountant, chamberlain, chartered accountant,
     clerk, comptroller, computer, controller, cost accountant,
     cost keeper, curator, depositary, depository, documentalist,
     engraver, estimator, figurer, filing clerk, financial officer,
     journalizer, librarian, liquidator, marker, notary, notary public,
     paymaster, prothonotary, purse bearer, purser, receiver, reckoner,
     record clerk, recorder, recordist, register, registrar,
     scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, secretary, statistician,
     stenographer, steward, stonecutter, timekeeper, treasurer,
     trustee
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ACCOUNTANT. This word has several significations: 1. One who is versed in
  accounts; 2. A person or officer appointed to keep the accounts of a public
  company; 3. He who renders to another or to a court a just and detailed
  statement of the administration of property which he holds as trustee,
  executor, administrator or guardian. Vide 16 Vin. Ab. 155.