Meaning

A judicial examination..

Definitions by Sense

1. A judicial examination.
2. An examination in general.
3. An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
4. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
5. (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
6. (obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
7. (obsolete) An audience; a hearing.
8. (transitive) To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).

Example Sentences

National Assembly audit

Yet I can make my audit up.

[ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered.

The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.

, "A Funeral Sermon" It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.

With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.

to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court

In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited.

Word Forms

• audits
• auditing
• audited

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