bean-counter

bean counter

1. A derogatory term used to describe someone who obsesses over trivial and insignificant expenditures in an attempt to save money. As soon as the staff learned they had to purchase their own office supplies, they knew it was a result of the finance department's new bean counter tightening the company's purse strings.2. An accountant. We need to get a bean counter in here to analyze these expense reports and give us the big picture on our finances.See also: bean, counter

bean-counter

n. a statistician; an accountant. When the bean-counters get finished with the numbers, you won’t recognize them.

单词	bean-counter
释义	bean-counter bean-counter n (Professions) informal an accountant bean-counter bean counter 1. A derogatory term used to describe someone who obsesses over trivial and insignificant expenditures in an attempt to save money. As soon as the staff learned they had to purchase their own office supplies, they knew it was a result of the finance department's new bean counter tightening the company's purse strings.2. An accountant. We need to get a bean counter in here to analyze these expense reports and give us the big picture on our finances.See also: bean, counter bean-counter n. a statistician; an accountant. When the bean-counters get finished with the numbers, you won’t recognize them.
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