bean counter
1bean counter — ˈbean ˌcounter noun [countable] informal disapproving ACCOUNTING someone whose job is to study financial figures and work out the cost of doing something, and who is only concerned with making a profit: • the bean counters who can so easily… …
2bean counter — bean counters also bean counter N COUNT (disapproval) You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money. He believes the reason for… …
3bean counter — A bean counter is an accountant …
4bean counter — bean .counter n informal someone whose job is to examine the cost of doing something, and who is concerned only with making a profit used to show disapproval ▪ Since the bean counters took over the radio station, it s become a boring place to… …
5bean counter — ☆ bean counter n. Informal a person, esp. an accountant, who is regarded as concentrating on quantitative details to the exclusion of other factors * * * …
6bean counter — bean ,counter noun count INFORMAL a business manager or ACCOUNTANT who cares only about financial numbers and profits …
7bean counter — [n] number cruncher accountant, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, comptroller, CPA, financial executive, statistician, treasurer; concepts 348,353 …
8bean counter — ☆ bean counter n. Informal a person, esp. an accountant, who is regarded as concentrating on quantitative details to the exclusion of other factors …
9bean counter — noun an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures • Hypernyms: ↑accountant, ↑comptroller, ↑controller, ↑bureaucrat, ↑administrative official * * * noun, pl ⋯ ters [count] informal +… …
10bean counter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bean counter : singular bean counter plural bean counters informal, showing disapproval a business manager or accountant who cares only about financial numbers and profits …
