English English Dictionary

Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls.

A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church.

An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

An audience; a hearing.

An examination in general; a judicial examination.

The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

A general receptacle or receiver.

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.

To settle or adjust an account.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.

of Audit

of Audit

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory.

One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

A hearer or listener.

A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

Auditory.

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.