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Noun: bean counter
  1. An accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

Derived forms: bean counters

Type of: accountant, administrative official, bureaucrat, comptroller, controller

Encyclopedia: Bean counter

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