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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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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