accountant
accountant — noun
1. a person trained to prepare, review, and report on the money that a business or
a person trained to prepare, review, and report on the money that a business or individual earns, spends, and owes, often for tax purposes.
Yara hired an accountant to sort out her small bakery's tax return.
hire/work with + an accountant
The company's chief accountant warned the board about rising costs.
compound: chief accountant
After three years of study, Daniel became a qualified accountant in Taipei.
My sister works as an accountant for a large hospital in Tokyo.
The accountant found a small mistake in last year's sales records.
- bookkeeper
less qualified; usually only records daily transactions, not tax or audit work
- auditor
specialises in checking other people's accounts for accuracy or fraud
- CPA
American term for a Certified Public Accountant; formal qualification
- chartered accountant
British/Commonwealth term for a fully qualified professional
文法句型
a/an + accountant
work as an accountant
用法筆記
Always countable; use the article 'a/an' when first mentioning the role. Often modified by adjectives that signal qualification or rank (chartered, certified, senior, chief).