audit office

noun [C] GOVERNMENT, ACCOUNTING

Definition

› an official organization that checks government spending: The inspector general's San Francisco audit office is now finishing a review of the spending. → Compare the Audit Commission → See also the NAO

(Definition of audit office noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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