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# auditor

noun (an auditor, auditors)

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

## Everyday

1. A person whose job is to check the money records of a company or organisation carefully to make sure they are correct and honest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m1)
2. (US) A student who attends a class without taking it for marks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m2)
3. (old use) A listener to a speech or story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m3)

### In the lessons

In business and maths: an auditor checks accounts. In school clubs a pupil might check the money totals. Phrases: external auditor, the auditor's report.

### Examples

- The auditor checked all the club's accounts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x1)
- An auditor found a mistake in the totals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x2)
- Auditors make sure no money is missing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x3)
- The charity hired an independent auditor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x4)
- The auditor asked to see the receipts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x5)
- My aunt works as an auditor for a bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x6)
- By no means, my dear auditors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x7)

### Note

Verb: audit (to check accounts). Not related to hearing in today's meaning, though the word once meant "listener". For maths: an audit checks that the money in plus money out matches the total.

## On Mova

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