to audit
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈɔːdɪt/
- Specialized
:
auditar
- The Court of Accounts can now audit all public funds at the request of Parliament.
- audit financial statements
- audit clients
- audit firms
And I, I flew here from London to have your firm audit our tour.
- And I, I flew here from London to have your firm audit our tour.
- AKA if it's not, you might get audited by the IRS.
- It would also require that foreign companies listed on US exchanges be audited by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
- But this starts with self-awareness and auditing your skill set.
- This, this is basically accounting CF OS auditing departments.
- Now, I have audited distributors before, like majors.
- Like what, Where do we have third party auditing?
- One of them will not let people come in and audit.
- Two audits, which is being able to, from what I understand, being able to audit what's being built in these open source models.
Examples
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American Medical News is reporting that the process for auditing meaningful use payments has begun.
Blog text (6) -
Modern managers and competitive firms need to measure and regularly audit themselves in the achievement of their diversity goals.
Academic text (2016) -
And I, I flew here from London to have your firm audit our tour.
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Sometimes, it is acceptable for an organization to audit its own activities.
Academic text (1994) -
So you're the one who audits our expense reports?
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If you can get us suits and IDs, we could go in as IRS agents auditing the books.
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The IRS is reportedly restructuring its internal policies for auditing churches, a necessary first step for any investigation of partisan politicking.
Academic text (2011) -
The accountant will audit the company's financial records next week to ensure everything is accurate.
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To comply with regulations, we must audit our expenses and revenues every quarter.
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The external firm was hired to audit the annual financial statements for any discrepancies.
Synonyms
202
2.5
To look at something carefully to check if it works or is safe
70
6.2
To look at something very carefully to check for mistakes
Compounds
- Formal
1
3.6
An official check of a company's financial records to make sure they are correct and follow the law
- Specialized
Computer software that collects logs and makes reports for checking accounts and systems
- Specialized
A check of how a company finds, stores, and uses information to make it better
How Thorough
- US
70
6.2
- Specialized
17
4.2
- Literature
252
2.9
720
1.0
127
2.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb audit comes from the Latin audire 'to hear' and is related to the word audio; originally an auditor would 'hear' accounts and check them for mistakes. So to audit now means to examine accounts or records carefully to make sure they are correct.