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Examples of accountant in a Sentence
Ben Stupples, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2023
In April 2021, for example, IRS investigators used a conference room in the California U.S. attorney’s office to interview the accountant who helped Hunter Biden prepare his taxes for some of the years in question, documents released by the House Ways and Means Committee show.
—Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner, 16 Nov. 2023
Trump and his company have for more than a year blamed their former outside accountants, Mazars USA, for any inaccuracies in their statements of financial condition, essentially a snapshot of Trump's wealth.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2023
Professional creators now often recruit and hire teams of specialists: managers, writers, editors, designers and camera operators to pump out content; agents, accountants, event coordinators and publicists to lock down appearances and revenue.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
Benito played an older accountant at Burt's Bees, and couldn't seem to get his head in the game as the company was about to be acquired and internal shifts were imminent.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
Cohen is now expected to testify next week after a medical issue delayed his testimony, so Trump will instead hear testimony from his own accountant, Donna Kidder, and real estate executives who appraised his properties.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2023
Most of their employees work in this building, including their video editors, social media managers, chatters and advertising staff; an accountant and a few others work remotely.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
His sons said Trump's financial statements were compiled by accountants and lawyers, and his top deputies within the Trump Organization testified that Trump was largely uninvolved in their preparation.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English accomptaunt, accountant "official in charge of accounts," borrowed from Anglo-French acomptant, noun derivative of accountaunt, present participle of acunter, acompter "to account entry 2"
Adjective
Middle English accomptaunt, borrowed from Anglo-French accountaunt, from present participle of acunter, acompter "to account entry 2"
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Accountant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accountant. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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