comptroller

  • 41comptroller — [kən trəʊlə, kɒmp ] noun a controller (used in the title of some financial officers). Origin C15: var. of controller (see control), by assoc. with Fr. compte calculation or its source, late L. computus …

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  • 42comptroller — noun (C) formal an official title for a controller (2) …

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  • 43comptroller — The title of the financial director in some companies or the chief financial officer of a group of companies. The title is more widely used in the USA than in the UK. See also: controller …

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  • 44comptroller — The title of the financial director in some companies or chief financial officer of a group of companies. The title is more widely used in the USA than in the UK. See also controller …

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  • 45comptroller — A rather archaic term for Controller (definition 2). Taken from Anglo Norman French, the term is still widely used in the modern *public sector …

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  • 46comptroller — n accountant, certified public accountant, CP.A., Both Brit. chartered accountant, C.A.; controller, treasurer, cashier, banker, bursar, purser, trustee, depositary; bookkeeper, reckoner, manager, inspector, examiner, analyst, Insurance. actuary; …

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  • 47comptroller — comp·trol·ler …

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  • 48comptroller — [kənˈtrəʊlə] noun [C] someone whose job is to manage an organization s money …

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  • 49comptroller — comp•trol•ler [[t]kənˈtroʊ lər[/t]] spelling pron. [[t]kɒmpˈtroʊ lər[/t]] n. bus controller 1) • Etymology: by confusion with compt comp•trol′ler•ship , n …

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  • 50comptroller — /kənˈtroʊlə / (say kuhn trohluh), /kɒmp / (say komp ) noun 1. → controller (def. 2). 2. the financial officer and controller of a household, especially of a royal household. {Middle English, variant of conterroller, ? influenced by Middle English …