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noun

Audit n.

An audience; a hearing. (Obs.) "He appeals to a high audit."

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.

The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. "Yet I can make my audit up."

A general receptacle or receiver. (Obs.) "It (a little brook) paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud."

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.

verb

Audit v. t. (past & past part. audited; pres. part. 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.

Audit v. i. To settle or adjust an account. "Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed."

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Etymology of 'Audit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Audit" Quotes from Famous Books

... my poor behaviour of Friday night before you, I think I should sooner choose to go to my last audit, unprepared for it as I am, than to appear in your presence, unless you give me some hope, that I shall be received as your elected husband, rather than, (however deserved,) as ...

— Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson

... keep a few bottles of the audit ale. Tell Jephson to open one for a stirrup-cup. You can invite Jimmy.— Yours ...

— Foe-Farrell • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... creditor was left to pay the expenses of his petition if the requisite majority voted for the debtor's proposal. So far, therefore, as the act was concerned, every inducement was held out to the adoption of a course which took the examination of the debtor, the conditions of his discharge and the audit of the trustee's accounts, out of the control of ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various

... jouiront en France des memes droits et avantages que l'article premier assure aux Francais en Suisse, de telle sorte qu'a l'egard des cantons qui, sous les rapports specifies audit article premier, traiteront les Francais comme leurs propres ressortissants, ceux-ci seront, sous les memes rapports, traites en France comme les nationaux. Sa Majeste Tres Chretienne garantit aux autres cantons les memes ...

— Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question • Lucien Wolf

... marriage or otherwise, without the full knowledge, will, or consent of the father, mother, and guardians, should be punished with death; and the ordinance adds: 'Et pareillement seront punis extraordinairement tous ceux qui auront participe audit rapt, et qui auront prete conseil, confort, et aide en aucune maniere que ce soit.' (And in like manner shall be extraordinarily punished all persons whomsoever, who shall have participated in the said ...

— The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard • Anatole France

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