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Accountant

Accountant Meaning & Definition
Accountant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accountant?

[n] someone who maintains and audits business accounts

Synonyms | Synonyms for Accountant: comptroller | controller

Related Terms | Find terms related to Accountant: abacist | accountant general | actuary | amanuensis | archivist | auditor | bank accountant | bank examiner | bookkeeper | bursar | CA | calculator | cashier | cashkeeper | certified public accountant | chamberlain | chartered accountant | clerk | comptroller | computer | controller | cost accountant | cost keeper | CPA | 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

See Also | auditor | bookkeeper | bourgeois | businessperson | certified public accountant | chartered accountant | cost accountant | CPA

Accountant In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*count"ant\, n. [Cf. F. accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.] 1. One who renders account; one accountable. 2. A reckoner. 3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. {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.
\Ac*count"ant\, a. Accountable. [Obs.] --Shak.

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