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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters.
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- noun idiomatic, mildly derogatory A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters: (Financial Times)..
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
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