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comptroller

[ kuhn-troh-ler; spelling pronunciation komp-troh-ler ]

comptroller

/ kənˈtrəʊlə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of controller, used esp as a title of any of various financial executives


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Derived Forms

  • compˈtrollerˌship, noun

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Other Words From

  • comp·troller·ship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of comptroller1

By confusion with compt

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Example Sentences

Wendy Greuel, a former Los Angeles comptroller, came in third.

(laughter) 38:22 FRIEDMAN: I mean… Comptroller of the state of Illinois, or something?

When another WFP ally, John Liu, also got in that race, party operatives leaned on him to run for city comptroller instead.

And Alan Hevesi, the former New York state comptroller, was there.

Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has declared that he will run for the post of New York City comptroller.

So home by moonshine, and by the way was overtaken by the Comptroller's coach, and so home to his house with him.

Then the Comptroller and I by water to Mr. Coventry, and there discoursed upon the same thing.

So we shall save the King some money, which both the Comptroller and his clerke had absolutely given away.

One bank remonstrated against the comptroller's decision, desiring to retain the services of women "hitherto satisfactory."

In the case of one bank, the Comptroller proved that not a single solitary loan had been made under fifteen per cent.

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Compton effectComptroller General of the United States