Definitions for: Auditor

[n] someone who audits accounts
[n] a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
[n] someone who listens attentively

Webster (1913) Definition: Au"di*tor, n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible,
a.]
1. A hearer or listener. --Macaulay.

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an
account or accounts, compare the charges with the
vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or
reject charges, and state the balance.

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

Note: In the United States government, and in the State
governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of
the public accounts. The name is also applied to
persons employed to check the accounts of courts,
corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.

Synonyms: attender, hearer, listener

See Also: accountant, audience, beholder, comptroller, controller, eavesdropper, educatee, observer, perceiver, pupil, student

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