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s | accountant |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun accountant is

one who renders account; one accountable.

As an adjective accountant is

(obsolete) accountable.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    accountant

    English

    Alternative forms

    (one who handles financial records)

    Etymology 1

    * First attested in the mid 15th century. * * From (etyl), from (etyl) acuntant. * Compare (etyl) accomptant. * See also account .

    Noun

    (wikipedia accountant) (en noun)
  • One who renders account; one accountable.
  • A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)
  • (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
  • (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
  • Quotations
    * {{quote-book, year=1900 , author=Francis William Pixley , title=Accountancy — constructive and recording accountancy (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London). citation , volume=1 , page=4 , passage=The word Accountant is derived from the French word compter'', which took its origin from the Latin word ''computare . The word was formerly written in English as "accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form.}}
    Derived terms
    * accountant general * chartered accountant * Certified National Accountant

    Etymology 2

    * First attested in the early 15th century.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) accountable
  • Usage notes
    (adjective) Followed by the word to .