Synonyms for accountant


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-koun-tnt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkaʊn tnt

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Définition of accountant

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "accounting officer, one who renders accounts," from Old French acuntant (Modern French accomptant), from present participle of accompter (see account). Sense of "professional maker of accounts" is recorded from 1530s. The word also was an adjective in Middle English, "accountable; liable to render accounts" (early 15c.).
  • noun person who maintains financial accounts of a business
Example sentences :
  • Here you have room for an accountant or two and your secretary.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I "run down" the accountant because he was either ignorant or corrupt.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • He knows, however, that you are the accountant who has that part of the business in charge.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Perhaps your friend Wentworth, being an accountant, may know more about it.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • So she hastened her steps, still followed, however, by the accountant.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Constance laughed again, so fully did the accountant's obligingness reassure her.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Phil beckoned the accountant, who brought the desired information.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • He is said to have had no superior as an accountant in this country.
  • Extract from : « A Portrait of Old George Town » by Grace Dunlop Ecker
  • Mr. Quirk, too, had made Kathleen his secretary and accountant.
  • Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
  • Though my accountant shuns addition She has the rarest intuition.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

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