comptroller
/kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/
comptroller noun: the chief accountant of a company or government.
Noun
comptroller (plural comptrollers)
- The chief accountant of a company or government.
- So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.1660 February 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 1st, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
- The terms of the licence shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the comptroller.1988, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 237
- Synonyms:
- administrator, chief, controller, foreman, head, head man, organiser, organizer, overseer, superintendent
comptroller meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
comptroller in Hindi
- comptroller
- लेखानियंत्रक lekhāniyantrak
comptroller in Tamil
- செலவுக் கட்டுப் பாட்டாளர்
comptroller in Marathi
- comptroller
- नियंत्रक niyantrak
comptroller in Urdu
- کمپٹرولر, کمپٹرولیٹر
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- comptroller in Telugu
- కంప్ట్రోలర్
- comptroller in Malayalam
- കംപ്ട്രോളർ
- comptroller in Punjabi
- ਕੰਪਟਰੋਲਰ, ਕੰਪਟ੍ਰੋਲਰ
- comptroller in Gujarati
- કોમ્પ્ટ્રોલર
- comptroller in Odia
- କମ୍ପଟ୍ରୋଲର, କମ୍ପଟ୍ରୋଲର୍
- comptroller in Nepali
- कम्पट्रोलर
Synonyms of comptroller
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Forms of comptroller
| plural | comptrollers |
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Origin of comptroller
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”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling.
Words formed from comptroller
Words that rhyme with comptroller
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- cajoler
- circumpolar
- dipolar
- high roller
- homopolar
- lunisolar
- molar
- multipolar
- poler
- subsolar
- ambipolar
- antisolar
- arteriolar
- bolar
- bronchioalveolar
- bronchiolar
- condoler
- consoler
- droller
- enroller
- equimolar
- extoller
- grolar
- nonsolar
- osmolar
- parietoalveolar
- patroller
- petiolar
- premolar
- pseudobipolar
- reroller
- subpolar
- transpolar
- vacuolar
Questions about comptroller
- What does comptroller mean?
- Comptroller means the chief accountant of a company or government.
- What is comptroller in Hindi?
- Comptroller in Hindi is लेखानियंत्रक (lekhāniyantrak). See Comptroller meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is comptroller?
- Comptroller is a noun.
- How do you pronounce comptroller?
- Comptroller is pronounced /kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/.
- What is the plural of comptroller?
- The plural of comptroller is comptrollers.
Words near comptroller in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comptroller (page history and authors); लेखानियंत्रक (Hindi) (page history and authors); comptroller (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नियंत्रक (Marathi) (page history and authors); comptroller (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comptroller (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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