accountant

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English

Alternative forms

(one who handles financial records): acc.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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accountant (plural accountants)

  1. One who renders account; one accountable.
  2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
  3. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
    • 1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy‎[1] (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
      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'
  5. (euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one
Quotations
  • [1900, Francis William Pixley, Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London).‎[2], volume 1, page 4:
    The word Accountant is derived from the French word compter, which took its origin from the Latin word computare. The word was formerly written in English as "accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form.]
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Descendants
  • → Dutch: accountant
    • → Indonesian: akuntan

Etymology 2

  • First attested in the early 15th century.

Adjective

accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant)

  1. (obsolete) Accountable.
Usage notes
  • (adjective): Followed by the word to.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English accountant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈkɑu̯n.tənt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ac‧coun‧tant

Noun

accountant m (plural accountants)

  1. An accountant; an account-keeper or auditor.

Descendants

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