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# audit

noun (an audit, audits); verb (audit, audits, audited, auditing)

«audit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An official check of a company's or organisation's money records to make sure they are correct and honest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#m1)
2. Any careful check or survey: an energy audit of the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#m2)
3. (verb) To carry out such a check. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#m3)
4. (verb, US) To attend a college class without taking the exam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#m4)

### In the lessons

A formal word of business and money; schools may do an energy, waste or safety audit where pupils count lights left on or rubbish thrown away. In maths it means checking that the numbers add up. Phrases: carry out an audit, energy audit, safety audit, pass an audit.

### Examples

- Our class did an energy audit and counted 12 lights left on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x1)
- The company's accounts are audited every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x2)
- (formal) The audit ascertained that the totals were correct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x3)
- The safety audit found a broken fire door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x4)
- We did a litter audit of the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x5)
- The auditor found a mistake in the sums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: audited, auditing. The person is an auditor. Do not confuse with "audition" (a test performance for a part in a play). In maths, an audit checks that money in minus money out matches what is left.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «audit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«audit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/audit.html) on Mova free.