accountant

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/əˈkaʊn.tənt/ (US)
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/əˈkaʊn.tənt/ (US) · [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ] (US)

Definition of accountant

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who renders account; one accountable.
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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.
    “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

adj

  1. (obsolete)Accountable.

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Etymology

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

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