Audit

['ɔːdɪt] or ['ɔdɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; 'he made an audit of all the plants on his property'; 'an energy efficiency audit'; 'an email log audit'.

(verb.) attend academic courses without getting credit.

(verb.) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; 'audit accounts and tax returns'.

Checker: Patty--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) An audience; a hearing.

(a.) An examination in general; a judicial examination.

(a.) The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

(a.) A general receptacle or receiver.

(v. t.) To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.

(v. i.) To settle or adjust an account.

Typist: Wilhelmina

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Examine (as accounts, to ascertain whether they are correct or not).

n. [1]. Examination of accounts.[2]. Final account.

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Definition

n. an examination of accounts by one or more duly authorised persons: a calling to account generally: a statement of account: (obs.) a periodical settlement of accounts: (obs.) audience hearing.—v.t. to examine and verify by reference to vouchers &c.—ns. Audi′tion the sense of hearing: the act of hearing: (rare) something heard; Aud′itor a hearer: one who audits accounts:—fem. Aud′itress; Auditōr′ium in an opera-house public hall or the like the space allotted to the hearers: the reception-room of a monastery; Aud′itorship.—adj. Aud′itory relating to the sense of hearing.—n. an audience: a place where lectures &c. are heard.—Audit ale an ale of special quality brewed for some Oxford and Cambridge colleges; orig. for use on the day of audit.

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