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accountant

The correct spelling is accountant.

How to pronounce accountant

noun

IPA: /ə.ˈkæʊn.(t)ən̩(t)/

Say it like: Acc-own-tan-t

The correct spelling is accountant. One who renders account; one accountable.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.One who renders account; one accountable.
  2. 2.A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
  3. 3.One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  4. 4.One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

adjective

  1. 1.Accountable.

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