BEAN COUNTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bean counter mean? 

• BEAN COUNTER (noun)
  The noun BEAN COUNTER has 1 sense:

1. an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

  Familiarity information: BEAN COUNTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAN COUNTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bean counter" is a kind of...):

accountant; comptroller; controller (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)

administrative official; bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)