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noun

accountant

CEFR B1

someone who maintains and audits business accounts

In a sentence

Six example sentences with accountant, each labelled with its topic.

  • The accountant found the discrepancy in a single afternoon, tracing every invoice back to a supplier that did not exist.

    Finance

  • Half the comedy comes from a mild accountant who spends the film reconciling ledgers while chaos unfolds outside the window.

    Movies

  • Their first hire was not a coder but an accountant, and the payroll has balanced every month since.

    Startups

  • The family firm's accountant closes the books every quarter and flags any supplier whose invoices arrive out of pattern.

    Business

  • The prosecution called a forensic accountant, who walked the jury through the ledgers one line at a time.

    Law

  • The club's accountant tracks every contract against the salary cap, so the general manager knows exactly what a trade will cost.

    Basketball

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