accountant

noun

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.

(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

One who renders account; one accountable.

(euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one

adjective

(obsolete, with to) Accountable.

Roots

computocount- · Latin · reckon, count

Synonyms for accountant

bookkeepern comptrollern auditorn controllern actuaryn treasurern cashiern paymastern reckonern notaryn

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