accountant
US/əˈkaʊn.tənt/
accountant noun: one who renders account; one accountable.
Noun
accountant (plural accountants)
- 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.
- 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...1994, 2:40 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.
- Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
- A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one.
Adjective
accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant)
accountant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
accountant in Hindi
- a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
- लेखाकार lekhākār, मुनीम munīm
- one who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts
- लेखाकार lekhākār
- one whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another
- लेखाकार lekhākār
accountant in Tamil
- கணக்காய்வாளர், கணக்கர், கணக்காளர்
accountant in Marathi
- लेखापाल, हिशेबकार, हिशेबदार
accountant in Urdu
- a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
- مُحاسِب muhāsib, اَکاؤُنْٹَنْٹ akāunṭanṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- accountant in Bengali
- হিসাবরক্ষক hiśaborokkhok
- accountant in Malayalam
- കണക്കെഴുത്തുകാരൻ, കണക്കു പരിശോധകൻ
- accountant in Kannada
- ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಗ, ಕರಣಿಕ, ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ ತಜ್ಞ, ಲೇಖಪಾಲ
- accountant in Punjabi
- ਅਕਾਊਂਟੈਂਟ, ਲੇਖਾਕਾਰ
- accountant in Gujarati
- એકાઉન્ટન્ટ, હિસાબરક્ષક
- accountant in Odia
- ହିସାବରକ୍ଷକ, ଆକାଉଣ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟ, ହିସାବରକ୍ଷଣକାରୀ
- accountant in Sanskrit
- गुणक guṇaka
- accountant in Nepali
- लेखापाल, एकाउन्टेन्ट, लेखाकार
- accountant in Pashto
- محاسب mahāséb
- accountant in Tagalog
- tagapagtuos, tagatuos
- accountant in Arabic
- مُحَاسِب muḥāsib, مُحَاسِبَة muḥāsiba
- accountant in Malay
- akauntan
- accountant in Indonesian
- akuntan
- accountant in Thai
- นักบัญชี nák-ban-chii
- accountant in Vietnamese
- kế toán
- accountant in Myanmar
- စာရင်းကိုင် carang:kuing
Examples of accountant in a sentence
- He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
- My accountant was so bad I am now on first-name terms with the tax department.
Forms of accountant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | accountants |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more accountant |
| superlative | most accountant |
Origin of accountant
From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.
Words formed from accountant
- accountant general
- accountantlike
- accountantship
- certified accountant
- Certified National Accountant
- certified public accountant
- chartered accountant
- forensic accountant
- management accountant
- nonaccountant
- subaccountant
- turf accountant
Questions about accountant
- What does accountant mean?
- Accountant means one who renders account; one accountable.
- What is accountant in Hindi?
- Accountant in Hindi is लेखाकार (lekhākār), मुनीम (munīm). See Accountant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accountant?
- Accountant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accountant?
- Accountant is pronounced /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ (US).
- What is the plural of accountant?
- The plural of accountant is accountants.
Words near accountant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accountant (page history and authors); accountant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountant (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); accountant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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