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The auditing of a company's financial records by independent examiners on a regular basis is necessary to prevent "cooking the books", and thus to keep the company honest. We don't normally think of auditors as listening, since looking at and adding up numbers is their basic line of work, but auditors do have to listen to people's explanations, and perhaps that's the historical link. Hearing is more obviously part of another meaning of audit, the kind that college students do when they sit in on a class without taking exams or receiving an official grade.
Examples of auditor in a Sentence
Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
Question 1 — Auditing the legislature: Approval would allow the state auditor to examine the legislature's financial books.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Currently, the state superintendent is last in the line of succession, behind the president pro tem of the state Senate, the speaker of the state House of Representatives, the state treasurer, the state auditor and the secretary of state.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
In the past, auditors found deficiencies and, in some cases, substandard conditions in contractor-run detention facilities and shelters.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditor. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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