audit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official examination of a company's financial records.

   The company faces a tax audit next month.

2. 2
   verb

   To officially examine financial records for accuracy.

   An independent firm audits our accounts every year.

3. 3
   noun

   A careful review or examination of something.

   They carried out an audit of energy use in the building.

4. 4
   verb

   To attend a course without earning credit for it.

   I audited the chemistry class last semester.

Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“to hear”). Sense of “examine” was because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.

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