different between accountant vs accountantlike

English

Alternative forms

(one who handles financial records): acc.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?kæ?n.(t)?n?(t)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account +? -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

Noun

accountant (plural accountants)

1. One who renders account; one accountable.
2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
3. (accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
4. (accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

Quotations

Derived terms

• accountant general
• chartered accountant
• Certified National Accountant
• management accountant

Related terms

• account

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: accountant
  • ? Indonesian: akuntan

Etymology 2

• First attested in the early 15th century.

Adjective

accountant (comparative more accountant, superlative most accountant)

1. (obsolete) Accountable.

Usage notes

• (adjective): Followed by the word to.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English accountant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k?u?n.t?nt/
• Hyphenation: ac?coun?tant

Noun

accountant m (plural accountants)

1. An accountant; an account-keeper or auditor.

Related terms

• account

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: akuntan

English

Etymology

accountant +? -like

Adjective

accountantlike (comparative more accountantlike, superlative most accountantlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of an accountant.