Audit
(Au"dit), v. i. To settle or adjust an account.
Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed.
Arbuthnot.
Audita querela
(||Au*di"ta que*re"la) [L., the complaint having been heard.] (Law) 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. Wharton.
Audition
(Au*di"tion) n. [L. auditio.] The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing.
Dunglison.
Auditive
(Au"di*tive) a. [Cf. F. auditif.] Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave.
Auditor
(Au"di*tor) n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible, a.]
1. A hearer or listener. Macaulay.
2. 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.
3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and
of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts,
corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.
Auditorial
(Au`di*to"ri*al) a. Auditory. [R.]
Auditorium
(Au`di*to"ri*um) n. [L. See Auditory, n.] The part of a church, theater, or other public
building, assigned to the audience.
In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it
was an apartment for the reception of strangers.
Auditorship
(Au"di*tor*ship) n. The office or function of auditor.
Auditory
(Au"di*to*ry) a. [L. auditorius.] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as,
the auditory nerve. See Ear.
Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
Auditory
(Au"di*to*ry), n. [L. auditorium.]
1. An assembly of hearers; an audience.
2. An auditorium. Udall.
Auditress
(Au"di*tress) n. A female hearer. Milton.
Auditual
(Au*dit"u*al) a. Auditory. [R.] Coleridge.
Auf
(Auf) n. [OE. auph, aulf, fr. Icel. alfr elf. See Elf.] [Also spelt oaf, ouphe.] A changeling or elf
child, — that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.
Au fait
(||Au` fait") [F. Lit., to the deed, act, or point. Fait is fr. L. factum. See Fact.] Expert; skillful; well
instructed.
