He believes the reason for their failure is that `we have bean-counters running our companies.'
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bean 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… … Financial and business terms
bean counter — A bean counter is an accountant … The small dictionary of idiomes
bean 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bean counter — ☆ bean counter n. Informal a person, esp. an accountant, who is regarded as concentrating on quantitative details to the exclusion of other factors * * * … Universalium
bean counter — bean ,counter noun count INFORMAL a business manager or ACCOUNTANT who cares only about financial numbers and profits … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bean counter — [n] number cruncher accountant, actuary, analyst, auditor, bookkeeper, certified public accountant, comptroller, CPA, financial executive, statistician, treasurer; concepts 348,353 … New thesaurus
bean counter — ☆ bean counter n. Informal a person, esp. an accountant, who is regarded as concentrating on quantitative details to the exclusion of other factors … English World dictionary
bean 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 +… … Useful english dictionary
bean 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 … English dictionary
bean counter — noun A person employed in bookkeeping or accounting; a firm which provides such services. As any good bean counter will tell you, it costs money to treat people at a hospital … Wiktionary
