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Accountant

/ə.ˈkæʊn.(t)ən̩(t)/

One who renders account; one accountable.

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📖 Definitions of "Accountant"

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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Accountant"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
controllernoun	One who controls something.
comptrollernoun	The chief accountant of a company or government.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Accountant"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
comptrollernoun	The chief accountant of a company or government.
controllernoun	One who controls something.
auditornoun	One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
bookkeepernoun	(accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
bookkeepingnoun	(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
accountingnoun	(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
accountancynoun	(uncountable, British, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
ledgernoun	A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
accountnoun	(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
financial	Related to finances.
book-keepingnoun	Alternative spelling of bookkeeping. [(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.]
countnoun	The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
revisernoun	One who revises.
reviewernoun	A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.
acctnoun	Abbreviation of account. [(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.]
accountable	Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountabilitynoun	The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
reportingnoun	Such creation in journalism, as contrasted with other aspects such as analysis and opinion.
counternoun	One who counts.
booknoun	A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.