BEAN COUNTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bean counter" is a kind of...):

accountant; comptroller; controller (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)

administrative official; bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)

Credits