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Definition of Audit

1. Noun. An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA.

2. Verb. Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification. "Audit accounts and tax returns"

3. Noun. A methodical examination or review of a condition or situation. "An email log audit"

4. Verb. Attend academic courses without getting credit.

Definition of Audit

1. n. An audience; a hearing.

2. v. t. To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.

3. v. i. To settle or adjust an account.

Definition of Audit

1. Noun. An examination in general. ¹

2. Noun. A judicial examination. ¹

3. Noun. 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 ¹

4. Noun. (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics. ¹

5. Verb. 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 ¹

6. Verb. To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Audit

1. to examine with intent to verify [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Audit

1. An examination or review that establishes the extent to which a condition, process, or performance conforms to predetermined standards or criteria. Origin: L. Auditus, a hearing, fr. Audio, to hear (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Audit

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audiovisuals audiowarez audiphone audiphones audism audit (current term) audit program audit programme audit trail audit trails

audita querela audita querelas auditable audited audited account auditee auditees auditing audition auditioned

Literary usage of Audit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"CHAPTER XVII THE DETAILED audit GENERAL PRINCIPLES Completed audit: It was stated in Chapter V that before commencing an audit the auditor should be ..."

2. On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and by Alpheus Todd (1867)
"Under the new system of taking the votes for those issues only which will come in course of payment during the year, the appropriation audit is more ..."

3. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"The Bureau of audit shall prescribe the forms of the principal books and all schedules, statements and vouchers to be used by the public offices, ..."

4. Railway Economy: A Treatise on the New Art of Transport, Its Management by Dionysius Lardner (1850)
"The impracticability of attaining such an object is in some degree illustrated by the effect of the system of audit hitherto pursued. ..."

5. A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History by Dudley Julius Medley (1902)
"On two (3) audit accounts in order to ensure that the intentions of Parliament '377> occasions in the early years of Richard II measures were taken, ..."

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