audits
- 1Plural of audit.
Regulators ordered audits of all three banks.
The firm's annual audits revealed no discrepancies.
Note
The plural covers every kind of examination the noun names: audits of a firm's accounts, independent reviews of a system's controls, and the spiritual counseling sessions of Dianetics. The same spelling also serves as the present-tense verb, and the construction usually tells them apart. In "audits of the banks" a noun is followed by of; in "she audits the banks" a verb comes directly before its object.
- 2Third-person singular simple present of audit.
An independent accountant audits the firm's books each spring.
The inspector audits records whenever fraud is suspected.
Note
One verb form carries the whole range of meanings. An accountant audits books, a reviewer audits a system's data-security procedures, and a student audits a course by attending it without receiving academic credit. That academic use is easy to overlook, and it takes the class as a direct object with no preposition: she audits a seminar. It is not "audits in" a seminar.
She audits a history seminar every Tuesday afternoon.
He audits the lectures but receives no credit for them.
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audits is a form of audit
audit, noun: An independent review of records and activities that checks whether system controls are adequate, confirms compliance with established policies and procedures, and recommends necessary changes. Full entry
- Forms
- auditaudits plural
- Spelling
- audit → audits: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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