Formal accounts check (5)

I believe the answer is:

audit

(Other definitions for audit that I've seen before include "Thoroughgoing check" , "vetting of books" , "Inspection of records" , "Financial inspection" , "review of books" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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