number-crunchingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈnʌm.bəˌkrʌn.tʃɪŋ/us/ˈnʌm.bɚˌkrʌn.tʃɪŋ/mathematical work performed by people or computers that is often quite simple but takes a long time
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- equate
- figure
- gauge
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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number-cruncher
noun [ C ] uk/ˈnʌm.bəˌkrʌn.tʃər/us/ˈnʌm.bɚˌkrʌn.tʃɚ/
I'm just a number-cruncher in the finance department.