Definition of Accountent
Ac*count"ant (&?;), n. [Cf. F.
accomptant, OF. acontant, p. pr.] 1. One
who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner.
3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts,
accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the
accounts.
Accountatn general, the head or superintending
accountant in certain public offices. Also, formerly, an officer in the
English court of chancery who received the moneys paid into the court, and
deposited them in the Bank of England.
Ac*count"ant, a. Accountable.
[Obs.] Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who renders account; one accountable.
- A reckoner.
- One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
- One who's profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually but not always financial records.
- (Obsolete): Accountable - Shakespeare
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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