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au·di·tor

(ô′dĭ-tər)

1. One that audits accounts.

2. One who audits a course.

3. One who hears; a listener.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor, listener, from audīre, to hear; see au- in Indo-European roots.]

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auditor

(ˈɔːdɪtə)

1. (Professions) a person qualified to audit accounts

2. (Accounting & Book-keeping) a person qualified to audit accounts

3. a person who hears or listens

4. (Education) Austral and US and Canadian a registered student who attends a class that is not an official part of his course of study, without actively participating it

[C14: from Old French auditeur, from Latin audītor a hearer]

ˌaudiˈtorial adj

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au•di•tor

(ˈɔ dɪ tər)

n.

1. a person authorized to examine accounts and give a report.

2. a student who attends a course to listen but not receive credit.

3. a hearer; listener.

[1300–50; hearer]

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Noun	1.	auditor - someone who listens attentively attender, hearer, listener audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses eavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversations
	2.	auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit educatee, pupil, student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
	3.	auditor - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization accountant, comptroller, controller - someone who maintains and audits business accounts internal auditor - an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors

auditor

noun inspector, critic, investigator, supervisor, superintendent, censor, examiner, scrutinizer, checker, overseer, scrutineer They were singled out for criticism in the auditor's report.

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Translations

مُراجِع الـحِسَاباتمُراقِب حِسابات

auditor

revisor

Wirtschaftsprüfer Rechnungsprüfer

ορκωτός λογιστής

auditor revisor de cuentas

tilintarkastaja

auditeur vérificateur

revizor

könyvszakértõrevizor

endurskoðandiendurskoîandi

revisore revisore dei conti

会計監査人

감사관

revízor účtov

revisor

ผู้สอบบัญชี

denetçihesap denetmenimurakıp

kiểm toán viên

审计员查账员

auditor

[ˈɔːdɪtəʳ] N

1. (Comm, Fin) → auditor(a) m/f
auditor's report → informe m de auditoría

2. (US) (Univ) → oyente mf, estudiante mf libre

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

auditor

[ˈɔːdɪtə^r] n → responsable mf de l'audit

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auditor

(Comm) → Rechnungsprüfer(in) m(f), → Buchprüfer(in) m(f)

(US Univ) → Gasthörer(in) m(f)

(= listener) → Zuhörer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

auditor

[ˈɔːdɪtəʳ] n → revisore m dei conti

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

audit

(ˈoːdit) noun

an official examination of financial accounts.

verb

to examine financial accounts officially.

ˈauditor noun

a person who audits accounts.

auditor

→ مُراجِع الـحِسَابات auditor revisor Wirtschaftsprüfer ορκωτός λογιστής auditor tilintarkastaja auditeur revizor revisore dei conti 会計監査人 감사관 accountant revisor audytor auditor аудитор revisor ผู้สอบบัญชี denetçi kiểm toán viên 审计员

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auditor of the Châtelet, lieutenant of monsieur the provost, in a somewhat confused and utterly haphazard manner.

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As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory.

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And you, my brother," continued the Elder, fixing his angry eyes upon his single auditor, "will you not plant yours there, too, under the shadow of our flag?"

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In each member of that frenzied company, whose own burning thoughts had become their exclusive world, he sought an auditor for the story of his individual wrong, and interpreted their laughter and tears as his reward of scorn or pity.

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The gentleman appeared to be enumerating all his qualities to his auditors; and, as I have said, the auditors seeming to have great deference for the narrator, they every moment burst into fits of laughter.

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But Eustace told me that these myths were the most singular things in the world, and that he was invariably astonished, whenever he began to relate one, by the readiness with which it adapted itself to the childish purity of his auditors. The objectionable characteristics seem to be a parasitical growth, having no essential connection with the original fable.

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"They are better satisfied when they can keep their auditors awake."

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The speaker, who was the father of the recreant young Indian, looked round and about him, as if seeking commendation of his stoicism in the eyes of the auditors. But the stern customs of his people had made too severe an exaction of the feeble old man.

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Time was not given to reflect on the merits, or rather the demerits, of most of the different individuals to whom he alluded, in consequence of the rapid manner in which he ran over their names; but so cunningly did he time his events, and so thrillingly did he make his appeals, aided as they were by the power of his deep-toned and stirring voice, that each of them struck an answering chord in the breast of some one of his auditors.