An Accountant's a practitioner of accountancy, which's the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions. The word "Accountant"'s derived from the French "Compter' which took its origin from the Latin "Computare". The word was formerly written in English as "Accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", beca… (More on Accountants)