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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
cpa is a noun meaning "an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state". It carries one recorded sense.
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
“in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cpa come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.