English Explanatory Dictionary

accountant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/əˈkaʊn.tənt/ [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accountant.wav

Word forms

accountant accountants more accountant most accountant

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

Related words

account

Derived words

accountant general accountantlike accountantship certified accountant Certified National Accountant certified public accountant chartered accountant forensic accountant management accountant nonaccountant subaccountant turf accountant
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