Audit

Au·dit

Audit

n.
  1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.]
    He appeals to a high audit.
  2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
  3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
    Yet I can make my audit up.
  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.

Phrases & Compounds
Audit ale
a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.
Audit house
an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

Audit

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Audited; p. pr. & vb. n. Auditing

  1. 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.

Audit

v. i.
  1. To settle or adjust an account.
    Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed.