accountant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ac·count·ant [accountant accountants] BrE [əˈkaʊntənt] NAmE [əˈkaʊntənt] noun
a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Law French, present participle of Old French aconter based on conter ‘to count’. The original use was as an adjective meaning ‘liable to give an account’, denoting a person who must do so.

Example Bank:
•We talked to the company's chief accountant.
•the investigating accountant's report

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  comptroller, controller