a person whose job is to keep or check financial accountsWe talked to the company’s chief accountant.the investigating accountant’s reportWordfinderbusinessmanaccountant,agent,auditor,businessman,CEO,chairman,consultant,entrepreneur,executive,managerOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivecertified public,chartered,professional,…Seefull entrySee related entries:Economy,Business people,ProfessionsWord OriginMiddle 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.
See accountant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee accountant in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
