audit

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: au=dit
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

audit, n. [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See Audible, a.].

•  An audience; a hearing.  [1913 Webster]

  "He appeals to a high audit."  [1913 Webster]
•  An examination in general; a judicial examination.  [1913 Webster]

  "Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result."  [1913 Webster]
•  The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.  [1913 Webster]

  "Yet I can make my audit up."  [1913 Webster]
•  A general receptacle or receiver.  [1913 Webster]

  "It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud."  [1913 Webster]

Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

audit, v. t. 

 To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.  [1913 Webster]

audit, v. i. 

 To settle or adjust an account.  [1913 Webster]
"Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

audit, n. & v.
--n. an official examination of accounts.
--v.tr. (audited, auditing)
1 conduct an audit of.
2 US attend (a class) informally, without working for credits.

Etymology

ME f. L auditus hearing f. audire audit- hear

THESAURUS

audit

accountancy, accounting, analysis, auditing, balance, balance the books, bookkeeping, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, checkup, collate, confirm, control, corrective, cost accounting, cost system, cost-accounting system, cross-check, demonstrate, double-check, double-entry bookkeeping, inspect the books, inspection, inventory, investigation, monetary arithmetic, overhaul, perlustration, probe, prove, recheck, review, scan, scrutiny, single-entry bookkeeping, survey, take account of, take stock, test, triple-check, validate, verify, view

ROGET THESAURUS

audit

Numeration

VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.

Accounts

N accounts, accompts, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm, monetary, accountable, accounting.

VB keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over, take stock, balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts, make accounts square, square accounts, bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify, audit, field audit, check the books, verify accounts, falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account.

Inquiry

VB make inquiry, inquire, ask, seek, search, look for, look about for, look out for, scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round, look over, go over, look through, go through, spy, overhaul, ask about, inquire about, scratch the head, slap the forehead, look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry into every hole and corner, nose, trace up, search out, hunt down, hunt out, fish out, ferret out, unearth, leave no stone unturned, seek a clue, seek a clew, hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace, follow the trail, follow the scent, pursue, beat up one's quarters, fish for, feel for, investigate, take up an inquiry, institute an inquiry, pursue an inquiry, follow up an inquiry, conduct an inquiry, carry on an inquiry, carry out an inquiry, prosecute an inquiry, look at, look into, preexamine, discuss, canvass, agitate, examine, study, consider, calculate, dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into, make sure of, probe, sound, fathom, probe to the bottom, probe to the quick, scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow, view in all its phases, try in all its phases, thresh out, bring in question, bring into question, subject to examination, put to the proof, audit, tax, pass in review, take into consideration, take counsel, question, demand, put the question, pop the question, propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question, question, put to the question, interrogate, pump, subject to interrogation, subject to examination, cross-question, cross-examine, press for an answer, give the third degree, put to the inquisition, dodge, catechize, require an answer, pick the brains of, suck the brains of, feel the pulse, get the lay of the land, see how the wind is blowing, put one's ear to the ground, be in question, undergo examination.