Definition of ACCOUNTANT

accountant

Plural: accountants

Noun

  • someone who maintains and audits business accounts
  • One who renders account; one accountable.
  • A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
  • One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  • One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
  • A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one

Adj

  • Accountable.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

Scrabble Score: 14

accountant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
accountant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accountant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

accountant: valid Words With Friends Word