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con·trol·ler  (kn-trlr)

n.

1. One that controls: a controller, not an observer of events.

2. also comp·trol·ler (kn-trlr, kmp-tr-, kmptr-) An officer who audits accounts and supervises the financial affairs of a corporation or of a governmental body.

3. A regulating mechanism, as in a vehicle or electric device.

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con·troller·ship n.

Usage Note: In the 15th century, the word controller developed the alternate spelling comptroller as a result of an association between the first part of the word, cont, and the etymologically unrelated word count and its variant compt. Although the historical pronunciation of comptroller would be the same as for controller, evidence suggests that the spelling pronunciations (kmp-trlr) and (kmptrlr) may now be used by a majority of speakers. In a recent survey, 43 percent of the Usage Panel indicated that they pronounce comptroller like controller, while 57 percent pronounce it with mp, as it is spelled, with stress on either the first or second syllable. And half of those Panelists who pronounce comptroller like controller indicated that they also consider the spelling pronunciations acceptable.

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controller

Noun

1. a person who is in charge

2. a person in charge of the financial aspects of a business

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	controller - someone who maintains and audits business accounts accountant, comptroller auditor - a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization bean counter - an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures bookkeeper - someone who records the transactions of a business bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise certified 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 charter cost accountant - a specialist in the systematic recording and analysis of the costs incident to production
	2.	controller - a person who directs and restrains restrainer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" nazi - derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc. overcomer, subduer, surmounter - someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion suppresser, suppressor - someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech" withholder - a person who restrains or checks or holds back
	3.	controller - a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" control cruise control - control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed dial - the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning disk controller - (computer science) a circuit or chip that translates commands into a form that can control a hard disk drive governor, regulator - a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) handwheel - control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated joystick - a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function regulator - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. electric switch, electrical switch, switch - control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit valve - control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

Translations

controller [kənˈtrəuləʳ] n → controlador(a) m/f

controller [kənˈtrəuləʳ] n → contrôleur m

controller [kənˈtrəuləʳ] control n (Radio, TV) → Intendant(in) m(f)

controller [kənˈtrəuləʳ] n → controllore m