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comptroller
comp·trol·ler C5561200 (kŏmp-trō′lər, kən-trō′-, kŏmp′trō′-)n. An officer who audits accounts and supervises the financial affairs of a corporation or of a governmental body. Also called controller.Usage Note: The spelling comptroller developed around 1500 from controller as a result of an association between cont and the etymologically unrelated word count, which was sometimes spelled compte in Middle English. Historically, comptroller was pronounced just like controller, but as more people began to read, they saw the letters mp and started pronouncing them. The pronunciations (kŏmp-trō′lər) and (kŏmp′trō′lər) became widespread. In our 1995 survey, 43 percent of the Usage Panel pronounced comptroller like controller, while 57 percent pronounced it with (mp), mirroring the mp spelling, with stress on either the first or second syllable. By 2011, only 30 percent of the Panel pronounced comptroller like controller. The remainder (70 percent) preferred pronouncing mp as (mp), with the stress either on the second syllable (45 percent) or the first (25 percent). The pronunciation thus appears to be in flux, with each of the three variants enjoying the support of a significant portion of the Usage Panel. Speakers may want to bear in mind, though, that if they say (kŏmp′trō′lər), with stress on the first syllable, half of their literate listeners will think they are mispronouncing the word (half of the Panelists disapproved of this pronunciation). But putting the stress on the second syllable (kŏmp-trō′lər) will not save you from censure either; a quarter of the Panelists found this pronunciation unacceptable.comptroller (kənˈtrəʊlə) n (Accounting & Book-keeping) a variant spelling of controller, used esp as a title of any of various financial executives compˈtrollerˌship ncon•trol•ler (kənˈtroʊ lər)
n. 1. a government official or an officer of a business firm, usu. the chief accountant, who superintends financial accounts and transactions; comptroller. 2. a person who regulates, directs, or restrains. 3. a regulating mechanism. [1350–1400; Middle English countrollour < Anglo-French countrero(u)llour, Middle French contrerolleur=contrerolle duplicate roll (see control) + -eur, -our < Latin -ōr- -or2] con•trol′ler•ship`, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  comptroller - someone who maintains and audits business accountsaccountant, controllerauditor - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organizationbean counter - an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expendituresbookkeeper - someone who records the transactions of a businessbourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprisecertified public accountant, CPA - an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state; "in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations"chartered accountant - a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal chartercost accountant - a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production |
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Related to Comptroller: Comptroller General, Comptroller of the CurrencyComptrollerAn officer who conducts the fiscal affairs of a state or Municipal Corporation. A comptroller, which is often synonymous with auditor, generally has specific duties including the supervision of revenue, the examination and certification of accounts, and the inspection, examination, or control of the accounts of other public officials. A state comptroller's major function is the final auditing and settling of all claims arising against the state. The chief financial officer of any private organization, such as a university or a corporation, is also called a comptroller. Within the federal government, the office of the comptroller of the currency exists as part of the national banking system. The function of this office is to promulgate and execute rules and regulations that govern the national banks. The approval of the comptroller of currency is essential to the organization of new national banks, as well as the transformation of state-chartered banks into national banks and the consolidation and merger of banks. The comptroller general of the United States is the leading official of the General Accounting Office whose primary duty is to audit various governmental agencies. comptroller
ComptrollerThe corporate manager responsible for the firm's accounting activities. Sometimes referred to as the contoller (which means the same thing).ControllerThe chief accountant in a company or government. The controller is the head of the accounting department and is responsible for financial and managerial accounting. He/she helps management interpret and appropriately respond to accounting data. A controller is also called a comptroller.comptroller See controller.See COMP
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Related to comptroller: Comptroller General, Comptroller of the CurrencySynonyms for comptrollernoun someone who maintains and audits business accountsSynonymsRelated Words- auditor
- bean counter
- bookkeeper
- bourgeois
- businessperson
- certified public accountant
- CPA
- chartered accountant
- cost accountant
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