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bean counter

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bean counter
n. Slang
A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters: "Companies tended to recognize two culturesthat of the technologist and that of the bean counter" Financial Times.
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Noun1.bean counter - an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
accountant, comptroller, controller - someone who maintains and audits business accounts
administrative official, bureaucrat - an official of a bureaucracy


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Allie Ash, who rose from bean counter to publisher at Cap Pub, liked to say that there was greater return in spending your creative capital launching another newsletter than in dreaming up seminars, conferences and/or doing consulting, because you can only sell an hour of your time and expertise once, but a successful new newsletter brings long-term returns.
The long trail away from just the print newsletter by Goss, Fred / The Newsletter on Newsletters
The move from corporate bean counter to real estate mogul has been a profitable one.
Raising the roof: Cincinnati realtor undaunted by race riots by Townes, Glenn / Black Enterprise
With all the other responsibilities a CFO now has, it's easy to forget about the first and most fundamental: bean counter.
Not just bean counters anymore. (Top Questions for Your CFO) by Fredman, Catherin / Chief Executive (U.S.)
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