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accountantadj.n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French accontant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French accontant, acomptant, accomptant, present participle of acconter , acompter , accompter account v., in use as adjective after Anglo-Norman accountaunt (adjective) accountable, answerable (15th cent.), in use as noun after Anglo-Norman (noun) acomptant, accomptant official responsible for accounts, bookkeeper (late 13th cent.), person who gives an account (1376 or earlier). Compare earlier accounter n.In early use, the adjective is occasionally used postpositively and (when modifying a plural noun) with plural inflection, after French (compare quots. 1429-30, 1453, and a1513 at sense A.). In such cases the adjective and noun are not always clearly distinguishable from one another. In the plural form accomptance by association with formations in -ance suffix. †A. adj.society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective] > responsible, answerable, or liable 1429–30 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §47. m. 6 Diverse customers, accomptantz in thescheqer of oure seid soverein lord, for swich said wolle..hav passed hire accomptes, answeryng for poundage of hem..and so of here said accomptes discharged and quited [etc.]. 1453 in J. Raine (1855) II. 192 (MED) I will yat Newsom, my receyvour, and all my officeres accomptaunts, be..discharged of ony dett yat yei..owe me, except foreyne accomptaunts and servaunts accomptaunts. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. xliiv He admytted to that offyce Willm de Hadestok & Anketyll de Aluerun, and sware theym to be accomptauntes as theyr predecessours were. 1559 in R. W. Greaves (1956) 82/3 To gather upp the seide money and to be accomptant for the same..and to be accomptant to the seide mayor and Burgesses. 1579 E. Hake viii. sig. Hii Eche pennie shall accountaunt be which thou hast let in loane. 1611 J. Speed ix. ix. 517/1 [It] was no reason why he should not stand accountant to the Sonne. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) ii. i. 292 Peraduenture. I stand accountant for as great a sin. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne (1959) IV. 256 He is..Accomptant for their soules, and how have they raised themselves out of his Audit? 1670 T. Gouge xxiv. 177 Thou must be accountant to thy Lord and Master at the great day, how and where thou hast bestowed it for him. 1723 R. Blackmore ii. 41 Hence to Heav'n they must Accountants stand For their high Trust and subaltern Command. 1735 L. Theobald iv. i. 39 I stand accountant for your Charge and Safeties. 1845 W. M. Best i. iii. 38 The old fiction, that the plaintiff in all suits on the law side of the Exchequer was accountant to the crown. 1860 R. F. Williams II. v. 132 The kitchen..was superintended by three clerks; the first..had the direction of the entire victualling department, and was accountant for the pantry, cellar, buttery, kitchen, and larder. 1893 in K. J. Hayes (1899) ii. iv. 322 It [sc. original art] stands before life, and is accountant to life and self only. B. n.society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > fact of being responsible, answerable, or liable > one who is answerable or liable 1449 T. Howes et al. in (2005) III. 62 Item, as to ix article of youre seid lettre, there as ye write to vs in general, to se a weye and a condyte þat ye myght haue youre dutez, as well of youre baylyfz as of alle other accomptauntes. 1473–4 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 14 The said Accountants axen to be allowed for xxj galons of goud ale ther y expend ijs iijd... It' in the dyner of the accountants on Ester day last passed vd. 1523 J. Fitzherbert xvii. f. 30 All the mynistre and partyculer accomptes of euery baylye or reue and other accomptance. 1613 J. Hayward 111 Committed to prison; not as Bishop of Baion, but as Earle of Kent, and as an accomptant to the King. 1630 R. Brathwait 398 They must be accomptants in that great Assize, where neither greatnesse shall be a subterfuge to guiltinesse, nor their descent plead privilege for those many houres they have mis-spent. 1669 E. Chamberlayne 116 All Receivers of Moneys for the King, or Accomptants to him for any of his Revenues. 1745 in W. Fleetwood (new ed.) App. iii. 17 The said Accomptant chargeth himself with Arrearages. 1809 T. E. Tomlins at Account It is no plea by an accomptant that he was robbed. 1844 J. Williams i. iii. 86 Any crown debtor, or accountant to the crown. 1909 57 615 If the defendant became liable in the action of account.., he would be a bailee or receiver to account, and therefore an accountant. 1955 70 256 (note) Townsend remained Accountant to the Crown in respect of the Pay Office until..December 1766. 1994 C. Noke in R. H. Parker & B. S. Yamey (2001) v. 155 As was noted above in relation to the Bogo de Clare case, the outcome of an action of account was sometimes the finding of an excessus balance in favour of the accountant. 2. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts 1539–40 Ordinances Officers of Househ. in F. Thynne (1875) p. xxxiii And the said Booke shall be examined with the Accomptants and particular Clerkes for the perfecting of the same. 1578 in (London County Council) (1909) 305 Paied by the saied accomptant for wages to dyuers workemen. 1605 W. Camden ii. 18 To admonish accontants to be circumspect in entring. 1655 T. Fuller vi. 353 Herein the Dean and Chapter of Paul's, were both their own Accomptants and Auditors. 1720 in T. D'Urfey VI. 329 A British Accountant that's Frolick and free, Who does wondrous Feats by the Rule of Three. 1753 T. Smollett II. xlviii. 110 A third was the issue of an accomptant, and a fourth the offspring of a woollen-draper. 1829 I. Taylor ii. 37 Note particularly, and with the scrupulosity of an accomptant. 1878 W. S. Jevons 82 Skilful accountants should examine the books at the end of the year, and certify the amount of profits due to the men. 1901 Dec. 842/2 If the English are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of expert accountants. 1957 J. Braine vii. 61 The accountants and the engineers run the show no matter who's in charge. 2009 7 Oct. (Data Management Suppl.) 20/2 During a recession, accountants need to keep an even sharper eye than usual on cash flow and liquidity issues. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > other accountants 1621 lxvi. 13 Accomptants Generall..The Booke-keepers shall obserue such Order and Method, in the Mannaging of the Accompts for the Affaires of the Company, as is at large set downe and deliuered them in an Instruction. c1689 in J. Y. Akerman (1851) 121 To Katherine, the widow and relict of Dor Robert Wood, dec'ed, late accomptant generall of the Revenue in Ireland. 1772 J. Wedgwood Let. 12 Oct. in (1965) 43 He is my Cashier, Paymaster General and Accountant General. 1852 V. S. Moodelly 97 By the time the Accountant General came into Office on that day, the resignation letter was received. 1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey (ed. 8) vi. 197 As an alternative to insurance, application may be made to the Secretary of State at the Department of Transport for a warrant to enable a deposit of £500,000 in cash or securities to be made with the Accountant-General. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > one who counts, reckons, or calculates 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán ii. 144 He is an excellent pen-man, and such an Accomptant, either for the keeping of a Merchants booke, or summing vp of any recknings whatsoeuer, that I know not his fellow. 1646 H. Lawrence 31 In matters of numbring and account, an accountant will tell you that in a quarter of an hower. 1697 W. Dampier xiii. 360 The Mindanaians are no good Accomptants; therefore the Chinese that live here, do cast up their Accompts for them. 1710 R. Steele No. 228. ⁋10 He is an excellent Penman and Accomptant. 1745 E. Young 65 O ye Dividers of my Time! Ye bright Accomptants of my Days, and Months, and Years. 1767 B. Thornton tr. Plautus Braggard Captain i. i, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus II. 130 Pyrg. What's the sum total of these men? Art.. Sev'n thousand. Pyrg. So much it should be—thou'rt a right accomptant. 1824 J. Hogg 27 The best grammarian, the best reader, writer, and accountant in the various classes that he attended. 1828 M. R. Mitford III. 119 A false accomptant, a stupid arithmetician, would put her out of humour. 1953 J. H. S. Burleigh tr. St. Augustine 154 I know many arithmeticians or accountants, or whatever they are to be called, who count..marvellously. the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator 1655 T. Fuller iii. 36 The same accomptant, when coming to set down, what then, and there was offered to Christ's, or the High-Altar, dispatcheth all with a blanke, Summo Altari nil. 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