Accountant
noun
A person whose job is to keep or inspect financial accounts.
He hired an accountant to manage his finances.
Often appears as...
- chartered accountant
- certified public accountant
noun
A person or a professional who conducts an official audit.
The company's books were scrutinized by the accountant before the audit.
Often appears as...
- auditing accountant
- internal auditor
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Formal
Technical
noun
A person whose job is to keep or inspect financial accounts.
He hired an accountant to manage his finances.
Often appears as...
- chartered accountant
- certified public accountant
noun
A person or a professional who conducts an official audit.
The company's books were scrutinized by the accountant before the audit.
Often appears as...
- auditing accountant
- internal auditor
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Job Role
An accountant often works with detailed spreadsheets and financial reports in their daily tasks.
Our accountant spends a lot of time updating the balance sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxes
While accountants can handle tax matters, their role is broader including managing financial records and providing financial advice.
The accountant advised us on our investment strategy for the year.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidential Role
An accountant is trusted with sensitive information, so confidentiality is a key part of their professional ethics.
Our accountant is very discreet about our financial dealings.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Role
An accountant often works with detailed spreadsheets and financial reports in their daily tasks.
Our accountant spends a lot of time updating the balance sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxes
While accountants can handle tax matters, their role is broader including managing financial records and providing financial advice.
The accountant advised us on our investment strategy for the year.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidential Role
An accountant is trusted with sensitive information, so confidentiality is a key part of their professional ethics.
Our accountant is very discreet about our financial dealings.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Role
An accountant often works with detailed spreadsheets and financial reports in their daily tasks.
Our accountant spends a lot of time updating the balance sheet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Taxes
While accountants can handle tax matters, their role is broader including managing financial records and providing financial advice.
The accountant advised us on our investment strategy for the year.
Pro Tip 3/3Confidential Role
An accountant is trusted with sensitive information, so confidentiality is a key part of their professional ethics.
Our accountant is very discreet about our financial dealings.
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Stuart Firestein: The...
We just don't worry about it, in a way. The facts are important. You have to know a lot of stuff to be a scientist. That's true. But knowing a lot of stuff doesn't make you a scientist. You need to know a lot of stuff to be a lawyer or an accountant or an electrician or a carpenter.
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Peter Donnelly: How...
than all the speakers before me and all the ones coming after me. One of my senior colleagues told me, when I was a youngster in this profession, rather proudly, that statisticians were people who liked figures but didn't have the personality skills to become accountants.
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India's invisible...
Indians don't do innovation the more polite one said well you know Indians make good software programmers and accountants but they can't do the creative stuff sometimes it took a more book a veneer of sophistication and people said you know it's nothing to do
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Why our IQ levels are...
who really just needed a good accountant and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
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Robert A. Belle: The...
the part that numbers can't quite tell, the story that goes deeper than mere strategies for saving and earning money. And without that story, I don't think I'm doing my job well. That's why I've dedicated my career to figuring out how my work as an accountant
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How to talk (and listen)...
with a zip-file attachment of music and videos that I sent to every single person I came out to. And I kept it in my email signature for months afterwards, because you also don't ever stop coming out. I came out to the accountant helping me with my taxes
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Why you should define...
so the paperwork would go to my accountant instead of to my UPS address. Easy-peasy. Then we go to "Repair." So if the worst-case scenarios happen, what could you do to repair the damage even a little bit, or who could you ask for help?
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What are the most...
but just as importantly, we also need accountants and managers and assistants to work in these organizations that are tackling these problems. Now, the research program of effective altruism is still in its infancy,
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Reef People! PIPE Tales of...
the statues making the world's weirdest reef the bodies were modeled after real people a nun a carpenter a yoga instructor an accountant and hundreds more talk about sleeping with the fishes
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Understanding bipolar...
are doctors accountants teachers artists people who run large companies bipolar disorder affect six million Americans and 30 million people worldwide these are
Video examples
Stuart Firestein: The...
We just don't worry about it, in a way. The facts are important. You have to know a lot of stuff to be a scientist. That's true. But knowing a lot of stuff doesn't make you a scientist. You need to know a lot of stuff to be a lawyer or an accountant or an electrician or a carpenter.
Video examples
Peter Donnelly: How...
than all the speakers before me and all the ones coming after me. One of my senior colleagues told me, when I was a youngster in this profession, rather proudly, that statisticians were people who liked figures but didn't have the personality skills to become accountants.
Video examples
India's invisible...
Indians don't do innovation the more polite one said well you know Indians make good software programmers and accountants but they can't do the creative stuff sometimes it took a more book a veneer of sophistication and people said you know it's nothing to do
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
who really just needed a good accountant and to know who was trustworthy in the local community for paying back their mortgage. Well, the merchant bankers who brought the world to their knees may have been morally remiss, but they were cognitively very agile.
Video examples
Robert A. Belle: The...
the part that numbers can't quite tell, the story that goes deeper than mere strategies for saving and earning money. And without that story, I don't think I'm doing my job well. That's why I've dedicated my career to figuring out how my work as an accountant
Video examples
How to talk (and listen)...
with a zip-file attachment of music and videos that I sent to every single person I came out to. And I kept it in my email signature for months afterwards, because you also don't ever stop coming out. I came out to the accountant helping me with my taxes
Video examples
Why you should define...
so the paperwork would go to my accountant instead of to my UPS address. Easy-peasy. Then we go to "Repair." So if the worst-case scenarios happen, what could you do to repair the damage even a little bit, or who could you ask for help?
Video examples
What are the most...
but just as importantly, we also need accountants and managers and assistants to work in these organizations that are tackling these problems. Now, the research program of effective altruism is still in its infancy,
Video examples
Reef People! PIPE Tales of...
the statues making the world's weirdest reef the bodies were modeled after real people a nun a carpenter a yoga instructor an accountant and hundreds more talk about sleeping with the fishes
Video examples
Understanding bipolar...
are doctors accountants teachers artists people who run large companies bipolar disorder affect six million Americans and 30 million people worldwide these are
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Judith Viorst
American Author
I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life, I've come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.
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Megan Rapinoe
American Athlete
I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it anyway, but if someone hits your mother, whether you're a star, an accountant, or an astronaut or anything... I mean it's your mother, so I lost my mind.
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Matthew Broderick
American Actor
I probably wouldn't make a good accountant. I don't even understand what my accountant tells me. But the character is a sort of exaggerated version of me, he's a little more frightened than I am, everything seems so much bigger to him than it does to me.
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Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
Journalists ask me all the time, 'Akshay, do you believe in the numbers game?' My standard response: 'I can't count, that's why I have producers and accountants who calculate for me. As long as I have them in my life, I don't need to worry about numbers!
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Kristian Bush
American Musician
I believe the biggest challenge is just getting the courage to try something different or new. Try to forget the stereotype in your mind. Yoga is for everyone - children, athletes, moms, dads, accountants, truck drivers, even country stars.
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Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
In a relationship where finances are shared, it's important that both people know what's going on. If one spouse likes being the family accountant, it's fine for that person to take the lead, but the other spouse shouldn't be in the dark.
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Jason Williams
American Athlete
I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important.
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Susana Martinez
American Politician
The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small businesses, the mom and pop shops, that get lost in the layers of red tape.
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Zarin Mehta
American Public Servant
I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.
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Judith Viorst
American Author
I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life, I've come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.
Quote examples
Megan Rapinoe
American Athlete
I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility.
Quote examples
Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it anyway, but if someone hits your mother, whether you're a star, an accountant, or an astronaut or anything... I mean it's your mother, so I lost my mind.
Quote examples
Matthew Broderick
American Actor
I probably wouldn't make a good accountant. I don't even understand what my accountant tells me. But the character is a sort of exaggerated version of me, he's a little more frightened than I am, everything seems so much bigger to him than it does to me.
Quote examples
Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
Journalists ask me all the time, 'Akshay, do you believe in the numbers game?' My standard response: 'I can't count, that's why I have producers and accountants who calculate for me. As long as I have them in my life, I don't need to worry about numbers!
Quote examples
Kristian Bush
American Musician
I believe the biggest challenge is just getting the courage to try something different or new. Try to forget the stereotype in your mind. Yoga is for everyone - children, athletes, moms, dads, accountants, truck drivers, even country stars.
Quote examples
Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
In a relationship where finances are shared, it's important that both people know what's going on. If one spouse likes being the family accountant, it's fine for that person to take the lead, but the other spouse shouldn't be in the dark.
Quote examples
Jason Williams
American Athlete
I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important.
Quote examples
Susana Martinez
American Politician
The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small businesses, the mom and pop shops, that get lost in the layers of red tape.
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Zarin Mehta
American Public Servant
I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.
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