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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.
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Carriage House Event Center Inc has not yet established profitable operations, and its auditors have expressed doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
The biggest component of them is usually shown on the financial statements under the category of cost of sales whilst the administrative expenses largely represent fees to auditors as well as a loss or gain from currency conversions.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
The order further found that McMahon signed management representation letters that were provided to WWE’s auditor that did not disclose the existence of either settlement agreement.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Auditor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditor. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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