ACCOUNTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accountant mean? 

• ACCOUNTANT (noun)
  The noun ACCOUNTANT has 1 sense:

1. someone who maintains and audits business accounts

  Familiarity information: ACCOUNTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOUNTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who maintains and audits business accounts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

accountant; comptroller; controller

Hypernyms ("accountant" is a kind of...):

bourgeois; businessperson (a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accountant"):

auditor (a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization)

bean counter (an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures)

bookkeeper (someone who records the transactions of a business)

certified public accountant; CPA (an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state)

chartered accountant (a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter)

cost accountant (a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production)

Derivation:

account (keep an account of)

accountancy (the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business)

accountantship (the position of accountant)

 Context examples 

In February, you will be determined to get your finances organized, and you may be calling your accountant to go over your receipts for tax preparation.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For example, accountant, programmer analyst, patient care associate, staff nurse, etc.

(Occupation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the ground floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of the Red-headed League.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am an accountant,” said Holmes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars will continue to be in Sagittarius during the first half, until February 16, indicating that you may be focused on getting your receipts ready for your accountant who will file your taxes soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Or at work, you may be collaborating closely with someone important to you—your editor, producer, publisher, publicist, business partner, accountant, or lawyer, as some examples.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you’ll be doing financial planning, December 19 would be a good time to meet with your accountant, financial advisor, or broker.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Do your research, read news media, and consult with your attorney and accountant, along with business partners and experts, and you will be ready to come to the right decision.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Alternatively, you may receive a tax bill triggered by an error your accountant made but that you must pay immediately or else incur penalties.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars will also give you the motivation to have the paperwork ready for your accountant to calculate your tax return.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)