Auditor

3 definitions found

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

  Auditor \Au"di*tor\, n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See {Audible},
     a.]
     1. A hearer or listener. --Macaulay.
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     2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an


        account or accounts, compare the charges with the
        vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or
        reject charges, and state the balance.
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     3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
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     Note: In the United States government, and in the State
           governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of
           the public accounts. The name is also applied to
           persons employed to check the accounts of courts,
           corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  auditor
       n 1: someone who listens attentively [syn: {hearer}, {listener},
            {attender}]
       2: a student who attends a course but does not take it for
          credit
       3: a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records
          and practices of a business or other organization

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

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "auditor":
     Big Brother, CA, CPA, accepter, accountant, accountant general,
     acquirer, actuary, addressee, audience, audient, autodidact,
     bank accountant, bank examiner, beholder, boatswain, bookkeeper,
     boss, bursar, calculator, cashier, cashkeeper,
     certified public accountant, chamberlain, chartered accountant,
     chief, clerk, comptroller, consignee, controller, cost accountant,
     cost keeper, curator, depositary, depository, eavesdropper,
     educatee, financial officer, floor manager, floorman, floorwalker,
     foreman, gaffer, ganger, getter, head, headman, hearer, hearkener,
     holder, inquirer, inspector, journalizer, learner, liquidator,
     listener, looker, monitor, noncommissioned officer, obtainer,
     overhearer, overman, overseer, payee, paymaster, praepostor,
     prefect, proctor, procurer, pupil, purse bearer, purser, receiver,
     recipient, reckoner, recorder, registrar, scholar,
     self-taught person, sirdar, slave driver, snoop, spectator,
     steward, straw boss, student, studier, subforeman, super,
     superintendent, supervisor, surveyor, taker, taskmaster, trainee,
     treasurer, trustee, viewer, visitor