accountant

== English == === Alternative forms === (one who handles financial records): acc. === Etymology === From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account +‎ -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈkaʊn.tənt/, [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ] === Noun === accountant (plural accountants) One who renders account; one accountable. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s). (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records. (euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== account ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: accountant→ Indonesian: akuntan ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “accountant, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Adjective === accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant) (obsolete, with to) Accountable. [15th–19th c.] ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English accountant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈkɑu̯n.tənt/ Hyphenation: ac‧coun‧tant === Noun === accountant m (plural accountants, no diminutive) an accountant; an account-keeper or auditor ==== Related terms ==== account ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: akuntan