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- 1A person whose job is keeping and checking records, usually money records, for someone else.
Like a person who keeps a careful diary of where all the money goes.
The company hired an accountant to keep track of all its spending.
Our accountant checks every receipt before filing the taxes.
Similarbookkeeper
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- 2A person who counts and looks after someone else's money matters.
Like someone who counts and keeps your money in order for you.
She works as an accountant for several local shop owners.
The family hired an accountant to manage their bills and savings.
Similarbookkeeper
- 3A skilled keeper of accounts, or an officer in charge of a public office's accounts.
Like the person who keeps the score sheet correct in a long game.
The town's accountant adjusts the public records every month.
A good accountant can fix the mistakes in a messy ledger.
Similarbookkeeper, comptroller
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- 4A person who must answer for something and explain what they have done.
Like the person who has to explain to a parent where all the candy went.
The steward was the accountant for all that happened on the estate.
Each soldier stood as accountant for the weapons he carried.
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- 5A secret word for a sex worker who does not want people to know their job.
She told her relatives she was an accountant, though they quietly guessed the truth.
He always introduced his companion as an accountant when family came to visit.
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Less common meaning
- 6Having to answer to someone and explain what you have done.
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Origin
This word came into English in the mid-1400s from Middle French "acuntant." It is made from "account" plus "-ant."