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bean counter

noun

Etymology

Probably from German Erbsenzähler (literally “pea counter”).

  1. borrowed from Erbsenzähler

Definitions

  1. A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing…

    A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.

    • As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital.
    • And, in our case, the accounting firm of Halpern & Mantovani, CPA, in Encino, Calif., Chais' chief bean counter, pumped out the quarterly statements as if it were all rock solid.
    • With bean counters hopefully no longer in charge of the railways, Great British Railways has an opportunity to justify the adjective in its name.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA