accountant

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accountant

US /əˈkaʊn.t̬ənt/ 
UK /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ 

someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc

حسابدار - accountant
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

He wishes to be an accountant. 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

accountant

accountant /əˈkaʊntənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts, calculate taxes etc

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accountant

ac·count·ant [accountant accountants]   [əˈkaʊntənt]    [əˈkaʊntənt]  noun
a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Law French, present participle of Old French aconter based on conter ‘to count’. The original use was as an adjective meaning ‘liable to give an account’, denoting a person who must do so.  
Example Bank:
We talked to the company's chief accountant.

the investigating accountant's report

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

accountant

accountant /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ US /-ţənt/
noun [C]
someone who keeps or examines the records of money received, paid and owed by a company or person:
a firm of accountants

accountancy UK /əˈkaʊn.tənt.si/ US /-ţənt-/
noun [U] (US accounting)
the job of being an accountant:
He works in accountancy.
an accountancy firm

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

accountant

[əka͟ʊntənt]
 accountants
 N-COUNT
 An accountant is a person whose job is to keep financial accounts.

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