From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishaudit trailˈaudit trail noun [countable] technical 1 accounting records which show a series of steps leading to the present financial situation The lack of a physical audit trail in electronic commerce increases the possibilities for tax avoidance.2 an electronic or paper record of how a computer is usedFrom Longman Business Dictionaryaudit trailˈaudit trail noun [countable]1ACCOUNTING a series of documents that shows the financial activities of a company, and shows whether their financial records are correctThe audit trail showed that the company had actually been losing money for some time.2COMPUTING a series of records of someone’s activities when using a computer system or when using the InternetOur computer system has an audit trail which records every request made of it as a standard security procedure.
