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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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Because Disney's bean counters decided more than a year ago that ABC and ESPN would be more prudent to get out of the PGA Tour business, the organization last January signed long-term deals for 2007 and beyond with CBS, NBC and the Golf Channel.
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The private equity firm brought in their bean counters and stifled any attempt to develop new products or invest in new equipment," he said.
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Some bean counters are paying upwards of $1,000 per square foot for coveted corner street space and branches in some of the city's most high profile locations, such as the GM Building.
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