chartered accountant:
(plural: ‘chartered accountants‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ch’ in ‘chartered’ rhyme with the letters ‘ch’ in “church”, and the letters ‘cc’ in ‘accountant’ are said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — for the right pronunciation, please click here )

a chartered accountant at work
a fully qualified and licensed accountant who looks after and/or advises on the matters of the expenditure, profit and loss calculations/accounts of a business or office [usually written or said in its abbreviated form “C.A.”],

a firm of chartered accountants
After the completion of her accountancy course, Alice joined as a junior chartered accountant at IPC Bank.
Every small or large business needs its accounts verified by a licensed chartered accountant before submitting them to the Income Tax Department.
A student who wishes to be a chartered accountant must be a commerce graduate who has done his special course in the field of accountancy.
