accountant
/ə.ˈkæʊn.(t)ən̩(t)/ · noun
Meaning
- One who renders account; one accountable.
- A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
- One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
- One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
- Accountable.
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