audit
Syllables: au·ditUK/ˈɔːdɪt/
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Australia/ˈoːdɪt/
audit noun: a judicial examination.
Noun
audit (plural audits)
- A judicial examination.
- An examination in general.
- An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
- National Assembly audit
- The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
- Yet I can make my audit up.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
- [ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered.1978, William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., →ISBN, pages 146–47
- The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.2007, Martin Ramstedt, “New Age and Business: Corporations as Cultic Milieus?”, in Daren Kemp, James R. Lewis, editors, Handbook of the New Age (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion), volume 1...
- A general receptacle or receiver.
- , "A Funeral Sermon"
It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
- , "A Funeral Sermon"
- An audience; a hearing.
- With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter V, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 49
Verb
audit (third-person singular simple present audits, present participle auditing, simple past and past participle audited)
- To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
- to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
- To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
- To counsel spiritually.
- In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited.2011, Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession, page 225
- To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit.
audit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
audit in Hindi
- लेखापरीक्षा, लेखा परीक्षा, लेखापरीक्षा करें
audit in Tamil
- தணிக்கை செய், கண்காணி, தணிக்கை, கணக்காய்வு
audit in Marathi
- लेखापरीक्षण, लेखापरीक्षा, लेखापरीक्षण करणे
audit in Urdu
- آڈٹ, آڈٹ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- audit in Bengali
- হিসাব পরীক্ষা, নিরীক্ষা
- audit in Telugu
- ఆడిట్, ఆడిట్ చేయండి, ఆడిట్ చేయడానికి
- audit in Malayalam
- തിട്ടപ്പെടുത്തൽ
- audit in Kannada
- ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಪರಿಶೋಧನೆ
- audit in Punjabi
- ਆਡਿਟ, ਆਡਿਟ ਕਰਨਾ, ਆਡਿਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- audit in Gujarati
- ઓડિટ, ઓડિટ કરવા
- audit in Odia
- ଅଡିଟ୍, ଅଡିଟ, ଅଡିଟ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
- audit in Nepali
- लेखापरीक्षण, अडिट, लेखा परीक्षण
- audit in Persian
- ممیزی mamizi
Examples of audit in a sentence
- This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.
- The executive imprudently authorized the capital reallocation without conducting a due diligence audit, thereby exposing the firm to significant fiduciary risk.
- All the audits in the world don't replace looking with your own eyes."
Forms of audit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | audits |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | audits |
| present participle | auditing |
| past participle | audited |
| past | audited |
Origin of audit
Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“to hear”). The sense of examine is because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.
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Questions about audit
- What does audit mean?
- Audit means a judicial examination.
- What is audit in Hindi?
- Audit in Hindi is लेखापरीक्षा, लेखा परीक्षा, लेखापरीक्षा करें. See Audit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is audit?
- Audit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce audit?
- Audit is pronounced /ˈɔːdɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of audit?
- The plural of audit is audits.
Words near audit in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: audit (page history and authors); audit (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audit (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audit (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audit (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audit (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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