Accounter vs. Accountant

Accounternoun

A person providing an account of events.

Accounternoun

A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.

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.