Auditor

Definition: Auditor

Auditor

Noun

1. Someone who listens attentively.

2. A student who attends a course but does not take it for credit.

3. Someone who audits accounts.

Date "auditor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Auditor \Au"di*tor\, noun. [Latin expression auditor, from audire. See Audible,]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Business	Professional accountant; as such, he is entitled to use the letters A. C. after his name ; a person whose profession is the checking and auditing of bookkeeping. Source: European Union. (references)
	A person who conducts an audit and, having completed it, writes a report on it. Source: European Union. (references)
	Plans and conducts audit of accounts, bookkeeping records and financial statements of private persons, enterprises, institutions and governmental organisation. . Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	One who undertakes an audit. Source: European Union. (references)
Law	Person or auditing body authorized to examine statements of account for accuracy. Source: European Union. (references)
Occupations	Examines and analyzes accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepares financial reports concerning operating procedures: Reviews data regarding material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures. Inspects items in books of original entry to determine if accepted accounting procedure was followed in recording transactions. Counts cash on hand, inspects notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and cancelled checks. Verifies journal and ledger entries of cash and check payments, purchases, expenses, and trial balances by examining and authenticating inventory items. Prepares reports for management concerning scope of audit, financial conditions found, and source and application of funds. May make recommendations regarding improving operations and financial position of company. May supervise and coordinate activities of auditors specializing in specific operations of establishments undergoing audit. May audit banks and financial institutions and be designated Bank Examiner (government ser.). May examine company payroll and personnel records to determine worker's compensation coverage and be designated Payroll Auditor (insurance). (references)
Public Administration	Person attending lectures at a higher education establishment. . . without taking exams. Source: European Union. (references)
	An individual who is qualified and authorized to perform any portion of an audit. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Auditor

Synonyms: attender (n), hearer (n), listener (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accounts	Accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter; financier; accounting party; chartered accountant, certified accountant; accounting firm, auditing firm.
Learner	Undergraduate; graduate student; law student; medical student; pre-med; post-doctoral student, post-doc; matriculated student; part-time student, night student, auditor.
Numeration	Arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician; statistician, geometer; programmer; accountant, auditor.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Auditor

English words defined with "auditor": Auditorship ♦ -or ♦ Writer of the tallies. (references)

Specialty definitions using "auditor": adverse opinion, attest function, audit conclusions, audit team, auditing techniques, AUDITOR, TAX ♦ certifying of accounts, constructive approach ♦ exploitation of knowledge of confidential information ♦ grid of parallels and meridians ♦ insider dealing ♦ junior auditor ♦ qualified opinion ♦ State Auditor, SUPERVISOR, SECURITIES VAULT. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Auditor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (audience, auditorium, hearers, house, recitation room), Latin (disciple, hear frequently, hearer, listener, pupil, student), Portuguese (auditor, judge, listener, statutory auditor), Romanian (auditor, hearer, listener), Spanish (auditor).

Domain	Title
Books	15-Minute Auditor for Physician Practices, 2002 (reference) Auditor, The: An Instructional Novella (reference) Role of the Auditor General in Public Accountability - Some Issues (reference) Role of the Comptroller and Auditor General in Indian Democracy (reference) St Anthony Drg Compliance Auditor 2000: Your Tool For Validating Documentation & Code Assignment (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Efficient Auditor (reference) Auditing Rivista Dell Associazione Italiana Internal Auditor (reference) Internal Auditor (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Amos Kendall - the 4th Auditor under Andrew Jackson Adversary of Ferdinand Hassler Telegraph entrepreneur in later career. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Gen. Shelley, Auditor Navy, Treasury Department employee, half-length portrait, seated at desk,facing left. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		As mentioned above, through the economic crisis, many companies discovered the possibilities and potential energy efficiency technology promises, but the concept is still very new to them. As one energy auditor said, "They don't even know what to ask for." Several auditors said that a foreign company that can show a factory manager how to cut production costs through energy efficiency will find a ready market. (references)
Economic History	El Salvador	L. Hire both an accountant and an external auditor that has been certified by the Government of El Salvador. (references)
	Kenya	Goods with a value of less than $5,000 will be subject to a random inspection by a government import auditor. (references)
	Cyprus	In his Annual Report, the Auditor General identifies specific instances of mismanagement or deviation from proper procedures in the civil service. (references)
Human Rights	Ghana	On April 13, the BNI arrested the former Auditor General; he was released on bail. (references)
	Ghana	The acting Auditor General stated that the audit was proceeding because public money has gone to the DWM, and the Government has the right to audit their accounts. (references)
	Liberia	For example, a Ministry of Defense intelligence director, who was arrested and charged with espionage in October 2000, and Auditor General Raleigh Seekie, who was arrested and charged with treason in August 2000, remained in detention at year's end. (references)
Political Economy	MALAYSIA	Auditing and taxation services must be authenticated by a licensed auditor in Malaysia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Auditor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.01% of the time. "Auditor" is used about 514 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.01%	478	12,429
Noun (proper)	6.8%	35	58,339
Noun (common)	0.19%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	514	N/A

Expressions using "auditor": auditor of accounts ♦ environmental auditor ♦ independent auditor ♦ junior auditor ♦ statutory auditor. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "auditor": auditor-general.
	Ending with "auditor": post-auditor.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "auditor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		revizor, dëgjues (audience, gallery, hearer, listener). (various references)

Arabic		‏مدقق حسابات, ‏طالب مستمع, ‏المستمع (hearer, reciter), ‏المصغي. (various references)

Bulgarian		слушател (hearer, listener), финансов ревизор, оглашен (proselyte). (various references)

Chinese		审计员. (various references)

Czech		revizor úètù, kontrolor (checker, comptroller, controller, supervisor, watchdog). (various references)

Danish		undersoegelsesleder, statsautoriseret revisor (accountant, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), statsaut revisor (accountant, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), revisor (accountant, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, chartered accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant, statutory auditor), registreret revisor (accountant, certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), miljørevisor. (various references)

Dutch		revisor (government inspector), inspecteur (government inspector, inspector). (various references)

Esperanto		revizoro (government inspector). (various references)

Faeroese		grannskoðari (government inspector). (various references)

Farsi		ممیزحسابداری , مستمع (Listener), ماموررسیدگی , شنونده (Listener). (various references)

Finnish		tarkastaja (comptroller, controller, government inspector, inspecting officer, inspector, superintendent, supervisor), KHT-tilintarkastaja (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), kauppakamarin hyväksymä tilintarkastaja (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant). (various references)

French		auditeur (auditorial). (various references)

German		zuhörer (audience, hearer, hearers, listener, listeners), buchprüfer (auditors), revisor (proof reader), rechnungsprüfer (accountant, auditors, comptroller). (various references)

Greek		πραγματογνώμονας λογιστής (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), ελεγκτήσ (censor, comptroller, controller, prober, remonstrator, tally clerk, ticket collector), ελεγκτής (checker, controller, inspector), ακροατήσ (hearer, listener), ορκωτός λογιστής (chartered accountant), ογιστής (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), οικονομικός επιθεωρητής, οικονομικός ελεγκτής (statutory auditor), διακριβωτής (discriminator). (various references)

Hebrew		מבקר חשבו� ות, שומע (hearer), רוא�" חשבו� ות (accountant). (various references)

Hungarian		vendéghallgató (extramural student), könyvvizsgáló (censor). (various references)

Italian		auditore, auditor, ascoltatore (handset, listener, receiver), verificatore della contabilit� , uditore (listener), revisore ufficiale dei conti (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), revisore di conti, revisore dei conti (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant, statutory auditor), revisore (reviser), esperto-contabile (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant), esecutore di verifiche ispettive, controllore (conductor, conductress, controller, inspector, ticket collector), commissario ai conti. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		聴講�"� (auditing student), 監査役 (inspector), 検査官 (examiner, inspector), 傍聴人 (audience, hearer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぼうちょうに�" (audience, hearer), か�"さやく (inspector), け�"しょうか�" (examiner, inspector), け�"さか�" (examiner, inspector), ちょう�"うせい (auditing student). (various references)

Korean		감사 (Appreciation, AUDIT, Auditing, survey, surveying, Thanking, thanks). (various references)

Manx		scruteyder (censor, examiner), feyshtynagh (confessional), clinneyder (hearer). (various references)

Pig Latin		auditoray

Portuguese		revisor de contas (statutory auditor), auditor (judge, listener). (various references)

Romanian		auditor (hearer, listener), ascultãtor (amenable, docile, duteous, dutiful, hearer, listener, manageable, obedient, obediential, obediently, supple, tractable, yielding), controlor financiar, controlor (assessor, attendant, box-keeper, controller, examiner, inspector, quantity surveyor, supervisor, surveyor, tester), cenzor (censor, licenser). (various references)

Russian		ревизор (controller, examiner), аудитор (certified public accountants). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		slušalac (hearer, listener), revizor (controller, inspector, reviser). (various references)

Spanish		auditor (A.C.A.), accountant, C.A., certified accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Accountant, F.C.A.).A lower ranking is:Certified Accountants, listener, or Fellow Chartered Accountants, outside accountant, public accountant, qualified accountant, registered accountant, statutory auditor). (various references)

Swedish		revisor (accountant). (various references)

Thai		นักเรียนที่ลงทะเบียนเรียนโ�"ยไม่ไ�"้รับหน่วยกิต, ผู้ฟัง (listener), ผู้สอบบัญชี. (various references)

Turkish		hesap kontrolörü, dinleyici öğrenci, dersi dışarıdan izleyen öğrenci, denetici, denetçi (censor, checker, comptroller, controller, inspector). (various references)

Ukrainian		ревізор (apposer, comptroller, controller), вільний слухач (non-collegiate). (various references)

Vietnamese		thính giả (audience, hearer, listener), người kiểm tra sổ sách người nghe. (various references)

Welsh		archwiliwr (explorer), gwrandawr (hearer, listener), clywedydd (hearer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	audiens, audiensque, audiente, audientem, audientes, audienti, audientibus, indictoaudientes. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Numbers Chapter 24, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Fhsin akouwn logia qeou ostiV orasin qeou eiden en upnw apokekalummenoi oi ofqalmoi autou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Dixit auditor sermonum Dei qui visionem Omnipotentis intuitus est qui cadit et sic aperiuntur oculi eius
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The which the siyt of the almyyti God hath inwardli lokid, the which fallith, and so ben openyd his eyen,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And the man whose eye is open hath sayed: he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe and his eyes are opened.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	He hath said, who heard the words of God, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Numbers Chapter 24, Verse 4
Cebuano	Siya miingon, ang nakadungog sa mga pulong sa Dios, Nga nakakita sa panan-awon sa Makagagahum sa ngatanan, Nga nagakahulog, ug samtang ang iyang mga mata nabuka:
Chinese	得聽　神的言語、得見全能者的異象、眼目睜開而仆 �' 的人說、
Croatian	proroèanstvo onoga koji rijeèi Božje sluša, koji vidi viðenja Svesilnoga, koji pada i oèi mu se otvaraju.
Danish	så siger han, der hører Guds Ord og kender den Højestes Viden, som skuer den Almægtiges Syner, hensunken, med opladt Øje:
Dutch	De hoorder der redenen Gods spreekt, die het gezicht des Almachtigen ziet; die verrukt wordt, en wien de ogen ontdekt worden!
Finnish	Näin puhuu hän, joka kuulee Jumalan puheen, joka näkee Kaikkivaltiaan näkyjä, joka lankeaa loveen ja jonka silmät avataan.
French	Parole de celui qui entend les paroles de Dieu, De celui qui voit la vision du Tout Puissant, De celui qui se prosterne et dont les yeux s`ouvrent.
German	es sagt der Hörer göttlicher Rede, der des Allmächtigen Offenbarung sieht, dem die Augen geöffnet werden, wenn er niederkniet:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	yang telah mendengar kata-kata Allah dan melihat penampakan dari Yang Mahakuasa, sambil rebah, namun dengan mata terbuka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka yang bersabda ia itu yang mendengar firman Allah dan yang melihat wajah Allah Mahakuasa, ia itu orang yang terjerumus dan yang dibukai matanya.
Italian	oracolo di chi ode le parole di Dio e conosce la scienza dell'Altissimo, di chi vede la visione dell'Onnipotente, e cade ed è tolto il velo dai suoi occhi.
Maori	He ki na te tangata e rongo ana i nga kupu a te Atua, e kite ana i te whakakitenga a te Kaha Rawa, e taka iho ana, me te titiro ano ona kanohi:
Norwegian	så sier han som hører ord fra Gud, som skuer syner fra den Allmektige, segnet til jorden med oplatt øie:
Portuguese	fala aquele que ouve as palavras de Deus, o que vê a visão do Todo-Poderoso, que cai, e se lhe abrem os olhos:
Rumanian	Celce aude cuvintele lui Dumnezeu, Celce vede vedenia Celui Atotputernic, Celce cade cu faya la pqmknt, wi ai cqrui ochi sknt deschiwi:
Swedish	så säger han som hör Guds tal, han som skådar syner från den Allsmäktige, i det han sjunker ned och får sina ögon öppnade:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "auditor": auditoria, auditories, auditorily, auditorium, auditoriums, auditors, auditory. (additional references)
	Words containing "auditor": nonauditory. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Auditor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: additor, Ardito, audiot, auditaire, auditee, Auditel, auditer, auditore, auditron, auidtor, Odizor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "auditor" (pronounced ô"duter)
4	-d u t er	creditor, editor, predator.
3	-u t er	accelerometer, altimeter, Amphitheater, anemometer, arbiter, barometer, capacitor, catheter, comparator, competitor, conservator, conspirator, contributor, densitometer, depositor, diameter, distributor, elater, estimator, executor, exhibitor, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, inheritor, inhibitor, inquisitor, interferometer, interlocutor, interpreter, janitor, kilometer, magnetometer, marketer, micrometer, monitor, odometer, orator, orbiter, parameter, perimeter, photometer, picketer, polarimeter, progenitor, proprietor, quieter, rioter, Sen, senator, sequitur, solicitor, spectrometer, speedometer, telemarketer, tensiometer, Theater, theatre, thermometer, trumpeter, visitor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-o-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: adroit.
	-2 letters: aroid, audio, audit, doura, droit, radio, ratio, tardo, triad.
	-3 letters: adit, airt, arid, auto, dart, dato, daut, dirt, dita, doat, doit, dour, drat, duit, dura, duro, iota, orad, raid, rato, riot, road, rota, roti, rout, taro, tiro, toad, tora, tori, tour, trad, trio, trod, turd.
	-4 letters: ado, aid, air, ait, art, dit.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: auditors, auditory, duration.
	+2 letters: auditoria, durations, inundator, outdaring, outraised, sudatoria.
	+3 letters: adjuration, audiometer, audiometry, auditories, auditorily, auditorium, authorised, authorized, coadjutrix, disastrous, duplicator, elucidator, fluoridate, graduation, idolatrous, induration, inundators, inundatory, judicatory, liquidator, modularity, outdrawing, outreading, outrivaled, outtrading, outwearied, repudiator, rheumatoid, sudatories, sudatorium.
	+4 letters: adjudicator, adjurations, adumbration, audiometers, audiometric, auditoriums, boatbuilder, counterraid, deuteration, duplicators, elucidators, feudatories, fluoridated, fluoridates, fluorinated, graduations, indurations, liquidators, nonauditory, outdragging, outdreaming, outrivalled, radiolucent, reductional, reeducation, repudiation, repudiators, subordinate, sudatoriums, unamortized.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
auditor county franklin	1,277	certified internal auditor	97
auditor county hamilton	858	auditor county lake	88
auditor county cuyahoga	498	auditor ohio state	85
auditor county delaware	402	auditor county hamilton ohio	84
auditor	242	auditor county pierce	83
auditor county summit	226	ashtabula auditor county	72
auditor butler county	218	auditor county montgomery	65
auditor clermont county	202	auditor ohio	64
auditor county trumbull	195	internal auditor	63
auditor county franklin ohio	183	county auditor	59
auditor county stark	175	auditor county portage	57
auditor county warren	165	auditor butler county ohio	52
the institute of internal auditor	163	auditor county geauga	51
auditor county lucas	156	auditor county pickaway	51
auditor county fairfield	154	auditor county wood	48
auditor county lorain	152	auditor county snohomish	48
auditor county medina	129	allen auditor county	46
auditor county mahoning	125	auditor county ohio warren	45
auditor county licking	121	auditor county montgomery ohio	43
auditor county delaware ohio	102	auditor county wayne	43
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Auditor

Definition: Auditor

Auditor

Noun

Specialty Definition: Auditor

Synonyms: Auditor

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Accounts

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Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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