accountant

ac·coun·tant  (-kountnt)

n.

One that keeps, audits, and inspects the financial records of individuals or business concerns and prepares financial and tax reports.

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ac·countan·cy (-tn-s) n.

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accountant [əˈkaʊntənt]

n

(Business / Professions) a person concerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

accountant - someone who maintains and audits business accounts comptroller, controller auditor - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization bean counter - an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures bookkeeper - someone who records the transactions of a business bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise certified public accountant, CPA - an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state; "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations" chartered accountant - a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter cost accountant - a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production

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accountant

noun auditor, book-keeper, bean counter (informal) I recommend you consult an accountant before you go freelance.

Translations

accountant [əˈkaʊntənt] N → contable mf, contador(a) m/f (LAm); (in bank etc) → economista mf
accountant's office → contaduría f
see also chartered

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accountant [əˈkaʊntənt] n → comptable mf
She's an accountant → Elle est comptable.
account balance n [bank account] → solde m
account holder n → titulaire mf du (or d'un) compte

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accountant

n → Buchhalter(in) m(f); (= external financial adviser) → Wirtschaftsprüfer(in) m(f); (= auditor) → Rechnungsprüfer(in) m(f); (= tax accountant) → Steuerberater(in) m(f)

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accountant [əˈkaʊntənt] n → ragioniere/a, contabile m/f; (for personal finances) → commercialista m/f

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accountant → محاسب účetní bogholder Buchhalter λογιστής contable, contador kirjanpitäjä comptable računovođa ragioniere 会計士 회계사 accountant regnskapsfører księgowy contabilista, contador бухгалтер revisor นักบัญชี muhasebeci kế toán viên 会计师