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comptroller

noun
/kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/

Etymology

From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling.

  1. inherited from compteroller

Definitions

  1. The chief accountant of a company or government.

    • So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.
    • The terms of the licence shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the comptroller.

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