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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Audit \Au"dit\, noun [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See {Audible}, adjective]
1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.]
He appeals to a high audit. --Milton.
2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
Note: Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result.
3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
Yet I can make my audit up. --Shak.
4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.]
It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. --Jer. Taylor.
{Audit ale}, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.
{Audit house}, {Audit room}, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Audit \Au"dit\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Audited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auditing}.] To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Audit \Au"dit\, verb (used without an object) To settle or adjust an account.
Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. --Arbuthnot. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
audit
noun
1: an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA [syn: {audited account}]
2: a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; "he made an audit of all the plants on his property"; "an energy efficiency audit"; "an email log audit"
verb
1: of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify [syn: {scrutinize}, {scrutinise}, {inspect}]
2: attend academic courses without getting credit
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "audit": accountancy, accounting, analysis, auditing, balance, balance the books, bookkeeping, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, checkup, collate, confirm, control, corrective, cost accounting, cost system, cost-accounting system, cross-check, demonstrate, double-check, double-entry bookkeeping, inspect the books, inspection, inventory, investigation, monetary arithmetic, overhaul, perlustration, probe, prove, recheck, review, scan, scrutiny, single-entry bookkeeping, survey, take account of, take stock, test, triple-check, validate, verify, view
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AUDIT AUtomated Data Input Terminal
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