## Meanings
1. An official examination of a company's financial records.
2. To officially examine financial records for accuracy.
3. A careful review or examination of something.
4. To attend a course without earning credit for it.

## Examples
- The company faces a tax audit next month.
- An independent firm audits our accounts every year.
- They carried out an audit of energy use in the building.
- I audited the chemistry class last semester.

## Derived Forms
- auditability
- auditable
- auditee
- ecoaudit
- postaudit
- preaudit
- reaudit
- unaudited

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ew-

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

## AI Etymology
Audit is borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“to hear”). Sense of “examine” was because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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