noun
- Plural of preaudit; preliminary examinations or reviews of financial records, accounts, or documents before a formal audit.
Usage: accounting/finance term; typically used in business and organizational contexts
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of preaudit; to conduct a preliminary examination or review of financial records or accounts before a formal audit.
Usage: accounting/finance term; transitive verb
Examples
- The accounting department preaudits all expense reports before they are submitted to the external auditors.
- Several preaudits revealed discrepancies in the quarterly financial statements.
- The firm preaudits vendor invoices to ensure compliance with company policy.
- Internal preaudits help identify and correct errors before the official audit begins.
- The controller preaudits the general ledger entries each month.