accountant

  • 51accountant's lien — The statutory lien of a public or certified public accountant on such books and records of his client as he has worked upon, and improved or extended. Anno: 76 ALR2d 1322 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 52accountant — accountantship, n. /euh kown tnt/, n. a person whose profession is inspecting and auditing personal or commercial accounts. [1425 75; ACCOUNT + ANT; r. late ME accomptant < MF, OF acuntant, prp. of acunter to ACCOUNT] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 53accountant — noun /əˈkaʊntənt/ a) One who renders account; one accountable. b) A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s) …

    Wiktionary

  • 54Accountant — A professional person who performs accounting functions such as audits or financial statement analysis. Accountants can either be employed with an accounting firm, a large company with an internal accounting department, or can set up an&#8230; …

    Investment dictionary

  • 55Accountant — Ac|coun|tant 〈[əkaʊntənt] m.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s; in Großbritannien u. Irland〉 Wirtschaftsprüfer [Etym.: engl.] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 56accountant — ac|coun|tant S3 [əˈkauntənt] n someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 57accountant — ac|count|ant [ ə kauntənt ] noun count ** someone whose job is to prepare financial records for a company or person …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 58accountant — ac count·ant || tÉ™nt n. one who maintains financial records, one who does financial audits …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59accountant n — bean counter …

    English expressions

  • 60accountant — noun a person who keeps or inspects financial accounts. Origin ME: from legal Fr., pres. participle of OFr. aconter (see account) …

    English new terms dictionary