• Comptroller

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte ("account"). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with is based on the spelling.

    Full definition of comptroller

    Noun

    comptroller

    (plural comptrollers)
    1. The chief accountant of a company or government.

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