audit
part of speech
noun (an audit, audits); verb (audit, audits, audited, auditing)
meaning for a pupil
1) An official check of a company's or organisation's money records to make sure they are correct and honest. tree →
2) Any careful check or survey: an energy audit of the school. tree →
3) (verb) To carry out such a check. tree →
4) (verb, US) To attend a college class without taking the exam. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal word of business and money; schools may do an energy, waste or safety audit where pupils count lights left on or rubbish thrown away. In maths it means checking that the numbers add up. Phrases: carry out an audit, energy audit, safety audit, pass an audit.
examples
- Our class did an energy audit and counted 12 lights left on. tree →
- The company's accounts are audited every year. tree →
- (formal) The audit ascertained that the totals were correct. tree →
- The safety audit found a broken fire door. tree →
- We did a litter audit of the playground. tree →
- The auditor found a mistake in the sums. tree →
note
Regular verb: audited, auditing. The person is an auditor. Do not confuse with "audition" (a test performance for a part in a play). In maths, an audit checks that money in minus money out matches what is left.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «audit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.