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audit

[ aw-dit ]

noun

  1. an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
  2. a report or statement reflecting an audit; a final statement of account.
  3. the inspection or examination of a building or other facility to evaluate or improve its appropriateness, safety, efficiency, or the like:

    An energy audit can suggest ways to reduce home fuel bills.

  4. Archaic. a judicial hearing.
  5. Obsolete. an audience.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make an audit of; examine (accounts, records, etc.) for purposes of verification:

    The accountants audited the company's books at the end of the fiscal year.

  2. to attend (classes, lectures, etc.) as an auditor.
  3. to make an audit of (a building or other facility) to evaluate or improve its safety, efficiency, or the like.

verb (used without object)

  1. to examine and verify an account or accounts by reference to vouchers.

audit

/ ˈɔːɪ /

noun

    1. an inspection, correction, and verification of business accounts, conducted by an independent qualified accountant
    2. ( as modifier )

      audit report

  1. an audited account
  2. any thoroughgoing check or examination
  3. archaic.
    a hearing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to inspect, correct, and certify (accounts, etc)
  2. to attend (classes, etc) as an auditor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

audit

  1. The examination by an outside party of the accounts of an individual or corporation .
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Other Word Forms

  • d·· adjective
  • ·d noun verb
  • ܲ·d· adjective
  • ɱ-d· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audit1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English audite, from Latin ܻīٳܲ “the sense or act of hearing,” noun derivative of ܻī “to hear”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audit1

C15: from Latin ܻīٳܲ a hearing, from ܻī to hear
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Example Sentences

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The audits are the latest in a barrage of administrative actions against elite universities around the country.

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The Gaza health ministry says it has also recently audited data in its official fatalities list from hospital mortuaries for errors and omissions.

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The demands to Harvard included agreeing to government-approved external audits of the university's curriculum as well as hiring and admission data.

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And there hasn't been an independent audit of the algorithm.

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In a statement, Mahmood also said that alongside an independent Ministry of Justice review into the attack, she would now be auditing the implementation of previous review recommendations into extremism in UK prisons.

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