Definition of: audit

(ô′dit) v.t.
1. To examine, adjust, and certify, as accounts.
2. To attend as a listener: to audit a course in college. [< noun]
—noun
1. An examination of an accounting document and of the evidence in support of its correctness.
2. A calling to account.
3. A settlement of accounts.
4. A balance sheet.
5. Obs. A hearing. [<L auditus a hearing <audire hear]