noun
comptroller
kuhmp-TROH-luhr
noun
1
A senior official responsible for overseeing an organization's financial accounts, especially in government.
"The city comptroller released the annual budget report."
How to Use Comptroller
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA financial controller, especially for a government body or company.
Common mistake
Pronounced the same as "controller," despite the "mp" spelling — a quirk from an old spelling mix-up.
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Word Forms
comptrollers plural
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Etymology
A spelling variant of "controller," reshaped in late Middle English through a mistaken association with the French word compte, "account." The two spellings were once pronounced identically.