Accountant

Quick meaning: Accountant is a noun meaning One who renders account; one accountable.

Meaning

One who renders account; one accountable.

More Meanings

1. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
2. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
3. (euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one
4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
5. (obsolete, with to) Accountable.

Example Sentences

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur Phone bill about two G's flat No need to worry, my accountant handles that And my whole crew is loungin' Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'

Word Forms

• accountants

Synonyms for accountant

Depending on context, synonyms include controller, comptroller.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include comptroller, controller, auditor, bookkeeper, bookkeeping, accounting.

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