accountant

B1 Topic:Work & Careers

Also spelled accomptant

US /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6358

Meanings

1

noun
A person whose job is to keep, check, and report on money records for a person or business.

My accountant handles all my tax returns.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person whose job is to... controller

Word family

Forms accountants

Derived forms accountantlikeaccountantshipnonaccountantsubaccountant

Related forms account

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Phrases (1)

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public accountant
an accountant who offers professional accounting services to clients

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

acuntant Middle French

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Topics

Work & Careers

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# accountant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈkaʊn.tənt/
**Frequency rank:** 6358

## Meanings
1. A person whose job is to keep, check, and report on money records for a person or business.

## Examples
- My accountant handles all my tax returns.

## Derived Forms
- accountantlike
- accountantship
- nonaccountant
- subaccountant

## Related Forms
- account

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: acuntant
- Affix: -ant - one who

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

## AI Etymology
Accountant is from Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account plus -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century. The agentive suffix ties the word to a role, participant, recipient, or instrument associated with account; here the base names the field or object, while the suffix identifies the person or thing in that relation. In use as a noun, accountant denotes a person whose job is to keep, check, and report on money records for a person or business. The same word family continues in derived forms such as accountantlike, accountantship, nonaccountant, and subaccountant and related entries such as account.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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