{
    "term": "accountant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to keep or check financial accounts",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We talked to the company’s chief accountant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the investigating accountant’s report"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Money", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["certified public", "chartered", "professional"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkaʊntənt/",
                "audio": "ac/accountant/accountant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkaʊntənt/",
                "audio": "ac/accountant/accountant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Law French, present participle of Old French aconter based on conter ‘to count’. The original use was as an adjective meaning ‘liable to give an account’, denoting a person who must do so."
}