| Main Entry: | auditor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who inspects financial records |
Synonyms: |
accountant, actuary, bookkeeper, cashier |
| Main Entry: | accountant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who maintains financial accounts of a business |
Synonyms: |
CPA, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, calculator, cashier, clerk, comptroller, examiner, public accountant, reckoner, teller |
| Main Entry: | bean counter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number cruncher |
Synonyms: |
CPA, accountant, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, comptroller, financial executive, financial officer, number cruncher, statistician, treasurer |
| Main Entry: | clerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
Synonyms: |
agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher, pencil pusher, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesperson, secretary, seller, shopperson, stenographer, teller, transcriber, white collar, worker |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | inspector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examiner |
Synonyms: |
assessor, auditor, checker, controller, detective, investigator, monitor, overseer, police officer, private eye, reviewer, scrutinizer, sleuth, tester |
| Main Entry: | investigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who checks thoroughly |
Synonyms: |
Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe, hound, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, sleuth, snooper, spy, tester, undercover cop |
| Main Entry: | monitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches, oversees |
Synonyms: |
adviser, auditor, counselor, director, eaves-dropper, guide, informant, invigilator, listener, overseer, supervisor, watchdog |
| Main Entry: | bookkeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accountant |
Synonyms: |
CPA, auditor, bean counter, clerk |
| Main Entry: | eavesdropper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | listener |
Synonyms: |
auditor, hearer, sleuth, snoop, wiretapper |
| Main Entry: | examiner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tester |
Synonyms: |
analyst, appraiser, assayer, auditor, checker, inquirer, inquisitor, inspector, interrogator, investigator, prober, proctor, questioner, quizmaster, quizzer, researcher, reviewer, scrutinizer |