audit office
noun[C]
GOVERNMENT,ACCOUNTINGukusanofficialorganizationthatchecksgovernmentspending:
Theinspectorgeneral'sSanFranciscoauditofficeis nowfinishingareviewof thespending.
Compare
the Audit Commission
See also
the NAO
Examplesofaudit office
audit office
He trained as an accountant, and worked as a civil servant for 40 years in the governmentauditoffice.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was the supreme court of cassation; anauditoffice, a high court of justice for all political offences; one of its departments fulfilled the functions of a heralds' college.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Completed forms were then posted by patients to the centralauditoffice.
From theCambridge English Corpus
O. may elevate matters to superiors or the nationalauditoffice.
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That must be a good reason for allowing the nationalauditofficeto have control over the function.
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Can such arrangements be made within the framework of a nationalauditoffice?
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We recommended that there should be a nationalauditoffice.
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That is an example of where we have checked and theauditofficehas put a question mark on it because of timescales.
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The chief constable commissioned a report by the districtauditofficeinto the structure of his force.
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Therefore, theauditofficehas nothing to do with the matter so far as the auditing of specific schools is concerned.
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