[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/auditor.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / auditor

[← A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/A/)

# auditor

«auditor» in Mova's school dictionary: **to check the money records of a company or organisation…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m1)

2) (US) A student who attends a class without taking it for marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m2)

3) (old use) A listener to a speech or story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x1)
- An auditor found a mistake in the totals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x2)
- Auditors make sure no money is missing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x3)
- The charity hired an independent auditor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x4)
- The auditor asked to see the receipts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x5)
- My aunt works as an auditor for a bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x6)
- By no means, my dear auditors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.