Assessment vs Audit - What's the difference?
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The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
An appraisal or evaluation.
An audience; a hearing.
* Milton
An examination in general.
A judicial examination.
An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
* Shakespeare
(Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
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(obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
* Jeremy Taylor
To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
(Scientology) To counsel spiritually.
* 2011 , Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession (page 225)
To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.
As nouns the difference between assessment and audit
is that assessment is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed while audit is an audience; a hearing.As a verb audit is
to examine and adjust (e.g. an account).assessment
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(wikipedia assessment) (en noun)audit
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(wikipedia audit)Noun
(en noun)- He appeals to a high audit .
- National Assembly audit
- Yet I can make my audit up.
- It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
Derived terms
* audit ale * audit house * audit roomVerb
(en verb)- to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
- In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited .