accountant

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accountant

US

/əˈkaʊn.t̬ənt/

UK

/əˈkaʊn.tənt/

someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc

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Example:

He wishes to be an accountant.

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

accountant

ac‧coun‧tant /əˈkaʊntənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accountant

ac·count·ant [accountant accountants] [əˈkaʊntənt] [əˈkaʊntənt] noun
a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Law French, present participle of Old French aconter based on conter ‘to count’. The original use was as an adjective meaning ‘liable to give an account’, denoting a person who must do so.
Example Bank:
• We talked to the company's chief accountant.

• the investigating accountant's report

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accountant

accountant /əˈkaʊn.t^ənt/ US /-ţ^ənt/
noun [C]
someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid and owed by a company or person:
a firm of accountants

accountancy UK /əˈkaʊn.t^ənt.si/ US /-ţ^ənt-/
noun [U] (US accounting)
the job of being an accountant:
He works in accountancy.
an accountancy firm