audit
/ˈoːdɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
noun
An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
noun
The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
noun
Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
Example Sentences
- "National Assembly audit"
- "Yet I can make my audit up."
- "[ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle situations that I had yet encountered."
- "The trainings of Landmark, Block Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world."
- ", "A Funeral Sermon" It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud."
- "With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂ew-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoːdɪt/
- British English: /ˈɔːdɪt/