Audit \Au"dit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Audited; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Auditing.]
   To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to
   audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a
   suit depending in court.
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	Audit \Au"dit\, v. i.
   To settle or adjust an account.
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         Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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	Audit \Au"dit\, n. [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See
   Audible, a.]
   1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.]
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            He appeals to a high audit.           --Milton.
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   2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
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   Note: Specifically: An examination of an account or of
         accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by
         proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose,
         who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine
         witnesses, and state the result.
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   3. The result of such an examination, or an account as
      adjusted by auditors; final account.
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            Yet I can make my audit up.           --Shak.
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   4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.]
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            It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more
            than the revenues of a little cloud.  --Jer. Taylor.
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   Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English
      universities, orig. for the day of audit.

   Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for
      the transaction of its business.
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	audit
    n 1: an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a
         trained accountant or CPA [syn: audited account, audit]
    2: a methodical examination or review of a condition or
       situation; "he made an audit of all the plants on his
       property"; "an energy efficiency audit"; "an email log audit"
    v 1: examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of
         verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" [syn:
         audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect]
    2: attend academic courses without getting credit

	

	45 Moby Thesaurus words for "audit":
   accountancy, accounting, analysis, auditing, balance,
   balance the books, bookkeeping, check, check and doublecheck,
   check out, check over, checkup, collate, confirm, control,
   corrective, cost accounting, cost system, cost-accounting system,
   cross-check, demonstrate, double-check, double-entry bookkeeping,
   inspect the books, inspection, inventory, investigation,
   monetary arithmetic, overhaul, perlustration, probe, prove,
   recheck, review, scan, scrutiny, single-entry bookkeeping, survey,
   take account of, take stock, test, triple-check, validate, verify,
   view

	

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