audit
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“I hear”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.dɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.dɪt/
- (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.dɪt/
Audio (California) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔːdɪt
Noun edit
audit (plural audits)
- A judicial examination.
- An examination in general.
- An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
- National Assembly audit
- The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Yet I can make my audit up.
- (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
- 1978, William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., →ISBN, pages 146–47:
- [ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered.
- 2007, Martin Ramstedt, “New Age and Business: Corporations as Cultic Milieus?”, in Daren Kemp, James R. Lewis, editors, Handbook of the New Age (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion), volume 1, Leiden: BRILL, →ISBN, pages 196–197:
- The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.
- (obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:, "A Funeral Sermon"
- It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
- (obsolete) An audience; a hearing.
- 1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter V, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 49:
- With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Polish: audyt
Translations edit
audience, hearing
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judicial examination
examination in general
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independent review
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result of such an examination
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Scientology: spiritual counseling
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Verb edit
audit (third-person singular simple present audits, present participle auditing, simple past and past participle audited)
- To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
- to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
- (finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
- (Scientology) To counsel spiritually.
- 2011, Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession, page 225:
- In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited.
- To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit.
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: auditar
Translations edit
to examine and adjust
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finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination
Scientology: to counsel spiritually
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to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis
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Participle edit
audit (feminine audida, masculine plural audits, feminine plural audides)
- past participle of audir
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
audit m inan
- audit (independent review and examination of records and activities)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
audit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English audit. Doublet of ouï.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
audit m (plural audits)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch audit, from Latin audītus, audiō (“I hear”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
audit (plural audit-audit, first-person possessive auditku, second-person possessive auditmu, third-person possessive auditnya)
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “audit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.dit/, [ˈäu̯d̪ɪt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.dit/, [ˈäːu̯d̪it̪]
Verb edit
audit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English audit or French audit.
Noun edit
audit n (uncountable)