ADVERSE OPINION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adverse opinion mean? 

• ADVERSE OPINION (noun)
  The noun ADVERSE OPINION has 1 sense:

1. an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States

  Familiarity information: ADVERSE OPINION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADVERSE OPINION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("adverse opinion" is a kind of...):

opinion; view (a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof)