audit.

1. A systematic examination of records, procedures, or performance to check accuracy and compliance.

2. Attend a course without receiving a grade or formal credit for it.

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Words that belong together

• financial audit
• safety audit

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The safety audit exposed weaknesses hidden by routine reports.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular audit; plural audits. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: common. Third-person singular: audits.