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Webster 1913 Edition

Audit

Au′dit

,
Noun.
[L.
auditus
a hearing, fr.
audire
. See
Audible
,
Adj.
]
1.
An audience; a hearing.
[Obs.]
He appeals to a high
audit
.
Milton.
2.
An examination in general; a judicial examination.
Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result.
3.
The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
Yet I can make my
audit
up.
Shakespeare
4.
A general receptacle or receiver.
[Obs.]
It [a little brook] paid to its common
audit
no more than the revenues of a little cloud.
Jer. Taylor.
Audit ale
,
a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.
–
Audit house
,
Audit room
,
an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

Au′dit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Audited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Auditing
.]
To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts;
as, to
audit
the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
.

Au′dit

,
Verb.
I.
To settle or adjust an account.
Let Hocus
audit
; he knows how the money was disbursed.
Arbuthnot.

Webster 1828 Edition

Audit

AUD'IT

,
Noun.
[L. audit, he hears.]
1.
An examination of an account or of accounts, with a hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the balance.
2.
The result of such an examination, or account as adjusted by auditors; a final account.

AUD'IT

,
Verb.
T.
To examine and adjust an account or accounts, by proper officers, or by persons legally authorized for the purpose; as, to audit the accounts of a treasurer, or of parties who have a suit depending in court.

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