Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who renders account; one accountable.

    отве́тчикotvétčik, отве́тчицаotvétčica

  2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

    Buchhalter, Buchhalterin

    бухга́лтерbuxgálter, бухга́лтершаbuxgálterša, счетово́дsčetovód

    бухга́лтерbuxhálter, бухга́лтеркаbuxhálterka, рахівни́кraxivnýk

    someone who maintains and audits business accounts

  3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.

    бухга́лтерbuxgálter, бухга́лтершаbuxgálterša, счетово́дsčetovód

    бухга́лтерbuxhálter, бухга́лтершаbuxhálterša

  4. One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

    Buchhalter, Buchhalterin

    бухга́лтерbuxgálter, бухга́лтершаbuxgálterša, счетово́дsčetovód

    бухга́лтерbuxhálter

  5. (euphemistic)A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one.

Examples

86 sentences
  1. I know you hired an accountant.

    Я знаю, що ти взяв на роботу бухгалтера.

    ruЯ знаю, что вы наняли бухгалтера.

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  2. I know that you hired an accountant.

    Я знаю, що ти взяв на роботу бухгалтера.

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  3. I was an accountant before I became a teacher.

    Я був бухгалтером до того, як став учителем.

    ruЯ был бухгалтером, до того как стал учителем.

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  4. Tom is an accountant.

    Том бухгалтер.

    ruТом бухгалтер.

    deTom ist Buchhalter.

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  5. Tom looks like an accountant.

    Том схожий на бухгалтера.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s):
one who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who renders account; one accountable:
a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s):

Origin

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First atte

From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century.

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