bean counter
noun [C] mainly US informal disapprovingDefinition
› an accountant (= someone who takes care of a company's financial affairs), especially one who works for a large company and does not like to allow employees to spend money: It looked like the project was going to be approved, but the bean counters said it wasn't cost-effective.Accounting
(Definition of bean counter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accountancy noun
- accountant noun
- accounting noun
- accounts noun
- auditor noun
- balance verb
- bill noun (REQUEST FOR PAYMENT)
- bill verb (REQUEST PAYMENT)
- capital gains noun
- capital investment noun
- capital noun (MONEY)
- expenditure noun
- GAAP noun
- housekeeping (money) noun
- ledger noun
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- line item noun
- loss noun
- petty cash noun
- set sth against sth phrasal verb (FINANCE)
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