I. au ‧ dit 1 /ˈɔːdət, ˈɔːdɪt $ ˈɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
1 . an official examination of a company’s financial records in order to check that they are correct:
the annual audit
internal audit (=an audit carried out by a company’s own staff)
2 . formal a detailed examination of something in order to check if it is good enough:
Start with an audit of existing services within the community.
II. audit 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of audire ; ⇨ ↑ audio ]
1 . to officially examine a company’s financial records in order to check that they are correct
2 . American English to attend a course at university without intending to take examinations in it or get a ↑ credit for it