auditor
part of speech
noun (an auditor, auditors)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person whose job is to check the money records of a company or organisation carefully to make sure they are correct and honest. tree →
2) (US) A student who attends a class without taking it for marks. tree →
3) (old use) A listener to a speech or story. tree →
sense in the lessons
In business and maths: an auditor checks accounts. In school clubs a pupil might check the money totals. Phrases: external auditor, the auditor's report.
examples
- The auditor checked all the club's accounts. tree →
- An auditor found a mistake in the totals. tree →
- Auditors make sure no money is missing. tree →
- The charity hired an independent auditor. tree →
- The auditor asked to see the receipts. tree →
- My aunt works as an auditor for a bank. tree →
- By no means, my dear auditors. tree →
note
Verb: audit (to check accounts). Not related to hearing in today's meaning, though the word once meant "listener". For maths: an audit checks that the money in plus money out matches the total.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «auditor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.