Accountant vs. Bursar

Accountantnoun

One who renders account; one accountable.

Accountantnoun

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

Accountantnoun

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

Accountantnoun

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

Accountantadjective

(obsolete) Accountable.

Accountantnoun

One who renders account; one accountable.

Accountantnoun

A reckoner.

Accountantnoun

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

Accountantadjective

Accountable.

Accountantnoun

someone who maintains and audits business accounts

Accountant

An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certified Accountant or Certified Public Accountant, or Registered Public Accountant.

Bursarnoun

The treasurer of a university, college or school.

Bursarnoun

A student funded by a bursary.

Bursarnoun

A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.

Bursarnoun

A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.

Bursarnoun

the treasurer at a college or university

Bursar

A bursar (derived from , Latin for purse) is a professional financial administrator in a school or university. In the United States, bursars usually exist only at the level of higher education (four-year colleges and universities) or at private secondary schools.