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Audit

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɔː.dɪt

Definitions

  1. A judicial examination.
  2. An examination in general.
  3. An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
  4. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
  5. Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
  6. A general receptacle or receiver.
    obsolete
  7. An audience; a hearing.
    obsolete

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Examples

“National Assembly audit”
“Yet I can make⟳ my audit up.”
“[ Werner Erhard said:] I got a lot of benefit from auditing. It was the fastest and deepest way to handle⟳ situations that I had yet encountered.”
“The trainings of Landmark, Block⟳ Training and UP Hans Schuster und Partner thus display strong similarities with the self-improvement seminars of Scientology, which are incidentally called 'auditing sessions', a term taken from the business world.”
“, "A Funeral Sermon" It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.”
“With his Oriſons I meddle not, for hee appeals to a high Audit.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

audit ale audit house audit room audit trail audita querela auditability

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