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Word: Audit
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin auditus ‘hearing’, from audire ‘hear’, in medieval Latin auditus (compoti) ‘audit (of an account)’, an audit originally being presented orally
ˈɔːdɪt
an official inspection of an organization's accounts, typically by an independent body
Short Definition:inspection of accounts
Examples:- audits can't be expected to detect every fraud
Word: Audit
Speech Type: Verb
ˈɔːdɪt
conduct an official financial inspection of (a company or its accounts)
Short Definition:conduct financial inspection
Examples:- unlimited companies must also have their accounts audited
attend (a class) informally, without working for credit
Short Definition:listen in on class
Examples:- he made use of the knowledge gleaned from economics classes he audited
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