accountant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur Phone bill about two G's flat No need to worry, my accountant handles that And my whole crew is loungin' Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'

2. 2
   noun

   someone who maintains and audits business accounts

3. 3
   noun

   One who renders account; one accountable.

4. 4
   noun

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

5. 5
   noun

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

6. 6
   noun

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

7. 7
   adj

   Accountable.

Etymology

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