audit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔdɪt/ without the cot–caught merger
- /ˈɑdɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (California) audio
- /ˈɔːdɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɔdɪt/ (Scotland)
- /ˈoːdɪt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“to hear”). The sense of examine is because examinations were originally presented orally, and the examiner listened.
Meanings
- A judicial examination.
- An examination in general.
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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
National Assembly audit
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The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
Yet I can make my audit up.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
[ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered.
1978, William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., →ISBN, pages 146–47:The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.
2007, Martin Ramstedt, “New Age and Business: Corporations as Cultic Milieus?”, in Daren Kemp, James R. Lewis, editors, Handbook of the New Age (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion), volume 1, Leiden: BRILL, →ISBN, pages 196–197:
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(obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
, "A Funeral Sermon" It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
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(obsolete) An audience; a hearing.
With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.
1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter V, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 49:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| audits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
audit trail · green audit · audit house · ecoaudit · environmental audit · closet audit · audit room · audit ale · preaudit · postaudit · carbon audit · First Amendment audit
Descendants
Translations (86)
de Kontrolle (independent review) · de umfassender Untersuchungsbericht (result of such an examination) · kk аудит (independent review) · sw ukaguzi (independent review) · no bokettersyn (independent review) · fi kuulijakunta (audience, hearing) · fi yleisö (audience, hearing) · az yoxlama (examination in general) · fr audit (independent review) · gl auditoría (independent review) · no revisjon (independent review) · ca auditoria (examination in general) · fr inspection (examination in general) · ja 監査 (independent review) · fi lukijakunta (audience, hearing) · az təftiş (examination in general) · es auditoría (examination in general) · pt auditoria (examination in general) · hu felülvizsgálat (independent review) · de Prüfung (examination in general) · gv scrutaghey (independent review) · ru ауди́т (independent review) · hu ellenőrzés (examination in general) · ru прове́рка (examination in general) · ru реви́зия (judicial examination) · it ispezione (examination in general) · ja 監査 (examination in general) · fi tarkastus (independent review) · de Bilanzprüfung (independent review) · de Audit (independent review) · it audit (independent review) · de Audienz (audience, hearing) · kk аудит (judicial examination) · tr denetim (examination in general) · ru ауди́т (judicial examination) · hu vizsgálat (examination in general) · no regnskapskontroll (independent review) · mi arotaupū (examination in general) · es auditaje (examination in general) · fi auditointi (independent review) · hu kihallgatás (audience, hearing) · de Revision (judicial examination) · es interventoría (examination in general) · hu revízió (independent review) · hu felülvizsgálat (examination in general) · bg прове́рка (examination in general) · fi valvontatarkastus (judicial examination) · hy աուդիտ (independent review) · fi tarkastuskertomus (result of such an examination) · pl audyt (independent review) · pl audyt (judicial examination) · mi tātari kaute (independent review) · ko 검사 (examination in general) · de Überprüfung (examination in general) · pt auditoria (independent review) · it verifica (examination in general) · sh ревизија (independent review) · ru реви́зия (independent review) · mi arotake pūtea (independent review) · fi tarkastus (judicial examination) · hu ellenőrzés (independent review) · cmn 審計 /审计 (independent review) · hu könyvvizsgálat (independent review) · ru инспе́кция (independent review) · fi tarkastus (examination in general) · fi auditointi (Scientology: spiritual counseling) · fi tarkastus (result of such an examination) · hu meghallgatás (audience, hearing) · cmn 檢查 /检查 (examination in general) · it revisione (independent review) · es auditoraje (examination in general) · mi arotakenga (independent review) · hu felmérés (examination in general) · de Buchprüfung (independent review) · fa ممیزی (independent review) · hu auditálás (independent review) · hu audit (independent review) · bg одит (independent review) · sh revizija (independent review) · bg реви́зия (independent review) · uk авди́т (judicial examination) · it udienza (audience, hearing) · ja 監査 (judicial examination) · sv granskning (examination in general) · cs audit (independent review) · es auditoría (independent review)