bean counters
1bean counters — A derogatory name for accountants …
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 — 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… …
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 — n. a statistician; an accountant. □ When the bean counters get finished with the numbers, you won’t recognize them. □ The bean counters predict a recession sometime in the next decade …
6bean 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 +… …
7bean 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 …
8bean counter — an accountant Hardly a euphemism but more a term of disparagement of those in a profession which, like the law, is regarded by others with a mixture of fear, envy, and derision: Our firm had an account with the restaurant... and… …
9bean-counter — n. accountant; statistician; someone who meticulously keeps track of numbers. The bean counters have decided we need to cut costs …
10(a) bean counter — informal an impolite way of describing someone who is responsible for the financial decisions within a company. When decisions that affect people s lives are in the hands of bean counters, it s bad news …
