AUDIT

Definitions

1. 1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. Milton.
2. 2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.
3. 3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. Yet I can make my audit up. Shak.
4. 4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.] It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house, Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.