About The Word Accountant
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Accountant
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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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