Auditor

Auditor
Auditor Au"di*tor, n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See {Audible}, a.] 1. A hearer or listener. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance. [1913 Webster]

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court. [1913 Webster]

Note: In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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