comptroller
Use Comptroller in a sentence
lər; noun
controller ( def 1 ).
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| —n | |
| a variant spelling of controller, used esp as a title of any of various financial executives | |
| comp'trollership | |
| —n | |
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Comptroller
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Word Origin & History
comptroller
c.1500, variant of controller, with bad spelling due to infl. of Fr. compte "an account."
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Example sentences
In modern times, the state's general fund has never had a negative balance, according to the state comptroller's office.
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