When decisions that affect people's lives are in the hands of bean counters, it's bad news.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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 — bean counters also bean counter N COUNT (disapproval) You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money. He believes the reason for… … English dictionary
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 — see bean counter … English 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
