noun
Meaning 1
The chief accountant of a company or government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
comptroller
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Pronunciation
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/kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/
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/kəmˈtɹoʊləɹ/
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homophone: controller
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rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M T R OW1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K AA1 M T R OW2 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
someone who maintains and audits business accounts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accountant, controller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois
Narrower terms: auditor, bean counter, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, CPA, chartered accountant, cost accountant
History
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.
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