Definition/Meaning of accountant

• English - Noun: accountant (plural accountants) One who render s 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 audit ing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always,…
• English - Adjective: accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant) (obsolete, with to) Accountable .
• English - Alternative forms: ( one who handles financial records ) : acc .
• English - Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant . Equivalent to account + -ant . First attested in the mid 15th century.
• English - Pronunciation: (US) IPA: /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ , [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ]