accountant
- noun
- /əˈkaʊntənt/
- My sister is an accountant who helps small businesses manage their finances.
- Certified Public accountant
- Chartered accountant
- public accountant
I don't call myself an accountant, but you're our accountant.
- I don't call myself an accountant, but you're our accountant.
- If you have tax planning questions and accountants will be very helpful.
- And he convinced his accountant to give me a chance as an article clerk.
- From lawyers to accountants to writers to artists, AI threatens to replace them.
- Here's me recognized as the accountant of the year, CFO.
- My attorneys, my accountants, my debt guys, my bankers.
- So that's why I have the best, first of all, bookkeeper, accountants, attorneys, bankers.
Examples
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He was an accountant at that big law firm.
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I am an accountant in the firm who built this tunnel.
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Your best friend, Robert, an accountant, lost his home and is out on the street.
Fiction book (1990) -
We actually just got done at the accountant's office, which is always fun.
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- Do you know anything about what accountants do?
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There are tax accountants with their own tax practices.
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I'm Bill Blake, your new accountant from Cleveland.
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We have doctors, lawyers, accountants, veterinarians, school teachers.
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My father is a stockbroker, my sister is a barrister, and my brother is an accountant.
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He'd got himself a new out-of-town accountant, and the case had been transferred to another district.
Fiction book (1992)
Compounds
- Specialized
An accountant who passed exams and got a state license to work professionally in the United States
An officially certified accountant who checks and advises on company finances
- Specialized
A person who records and controls costs of making goods or services
How Senior
- Formal
- UK
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accountant comes from the word account, which once meant 'a counting' and is like the simple verb count. An accountant is someone who 'counts' and keeps records of money, so the origin explains the modern job of checking and managing financial accounts.