audit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation

   They made an audit of all the plants on their property.

2. 2
   verb

   to attend academic courses without getting credit

   I audited my chemistry class last semester.

3. 3
   verb

   to examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

   They audit accounts and tax returns.

4. 4
   noun

   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

5. 5
   noun

   The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

   Yet I can make my audit up.

6. 6
   noun

   Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.

   [ 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.

7. 7
   noun

   A general receptacle or receiver.

   , "A Funeral Sermon" It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.

8. 8
   noun

   An audience; a hearing.

   With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.

Etymology

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