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kaute

1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to count, add up.

Anā, e kui, kautetia! Ko ngā moni ēnā e pau i a au ki te waipiro i roto i tēnei tau (TP 3/1911:11). / There it is, grandma, count it! That's the money I would have used on alcohol this year.

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2. (loan) (verb) (-tia,-a,-hia) to account for.

E hoa mā, e tata ana ngā rā e kautetia ai ngā mahi o te tima hou nei, o te 'Aotea', kei reira e mōhiotia ai pēhea te haere i ngā moni kei te pei (TJ 19/7/1900:9). / Friends, the days are close when the affairs of this new steamer, the 'Aotea', will be accounted for, then it will be known how the payments are going.

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3. (loan) (noun) account, tally, total, amount, count.

Ko tō rātou kaute tēnei e rua tekau (TJ 27/4/1899:12). / They numbered twenty.

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Synonyms: kōrero, whakamārama, pūtea moni, pire


4. (loan) (noun) gout.

See also koute

kaute

1. (loan) (noun) county.

Kia kotahi tā tātou whakahaere a ngā komiti o tēnei kaute mai i Wairoa, Nukutaurua (TW 5/5/1877:174). / Our organisation of the committees of this county from Wairoa, Nukutaurua, should be as united.

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mahi kaute

1. (noun) (audit) accounting.

ripanga kaute

1. (noun) accounting spreadsheet.

wā kaute

1. (noun) accounting period.

tātari kaute

1. (transitive verb) audit.

kaupapa kaute

1. (noun) accounting policy.

kaute tahua

1. (noun) accrual accounting.

pukapuka kaute

1. (loan) (noun) account book.

tātari kaute

1. (loan) (noun) audit.

I oti te tātari kaute i te 2 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, ā, koinā te rā o tā matou whakaae kei te tika te pūrongo kaute (Te Taura Whiri 2009). / The audit was completed on 2 November and that was the day of our acceptance that the audit report was correct.

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kaitātari kaute

1. (loan) (noun) auditor.

Ka whakatūria nei te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora i te tau 1951, ko Rotohiko nei te kaitātari kaute (TTR 1998:69). / When the Maori Women's Welfare League was established in 1951, Rotohiko was the auditor.

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ripanga kaute

1. (loan) (noun) balance sheet, account statement.

Ko tā te ripanga kaute, he whakarārangi i ngā moni tango me ngā moni kuhu o tētahi pūtea pēke, me te whakaatu anō i te tapeke pūtea (TRP 2010:215). / The purpose of a balance sheet is to list the withdrawals and deposits of a bank account, and to show the account balance.

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Synonyms: puka kaute

puka kaute

1. (loan) (noun) account statement, balance sheet.

Synonyms: ripanga kaute

kaute mutunga

1. (loan) (noun) full-time score.

kaute wehenga

1. (loan) (noun) half-time score.

mahere tātari kaute

1. (noun) audit trail.

Kaitātari Kaute Matua

1. (loan) Auditor-General.

Wāhanga Tātari Kaute Tohungatanga o Ngā Whare Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te

1. (personal noun) New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit.

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