comptroller

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

/ kənˈtroʊ lər; spelling pronunciation kɒmpˈtroʊ lər /

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Origin of comptroller

By confusion withcompt

OTHER WORDS FROM comptroller

comp·trol·ler·ship, noun

Words nearby comptroller

comp time, Comptometer, Compton, Compton-Burnett, Compton effect, comptroller, Comptroller General of the United States, Comptroller of the Currency, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory

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How to use comptroller in a sentence

He has served the people of New York City with intelligence, distinction and honor and they are fortunate to have the chance to vote for him for comptroller.
Opinion | Corey Johnson for New York City Comptroller|Peter Rosenstein|June 2, 2021|Washington Blade
Along with the governor and the state treasurer, the comptroller sits on the powerful three-member Board of Public Works, which oversees state contracts.
Republican Barry Glassman running for Maryland comptroller|Erin Cox|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
The president of the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, the state’s largest police union, didn’t respond to questions about the payments the comptroller is calling unlawful.
“The Ball Was Dropped by All”: How Cops Got More Than $400,000 in Unlawful Sick Day Payouts|by Andrew Ford|March 29, 2021|ProPublica
From 2017 through 2019, Mantua Township, near Philadelphia, gave three officers more than $9,000 that would conservatively fall into the category flagged by the comptroller, the town’s records show.
“The Ball Was Dropped by All”: How Cops Got More Than $400,000 in Unlawful Sick Day Payouts|by Andrew Ford|March 29, 2021|ProPublica

The contract would then go to the General Assembly for review in April and to the Board of Public Works — composed of the governor, state comptroller and treasurer — for final approval in May.
Maryland selects Transurban, Macquarie to develop toll lanes for Beltway, I-270|Katherine Shaver|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
Wendy Greuel, a former Los Angeles comptroller, came in third.
New Ager Marianne Williamson Was a $2 Million Congressional Flop|David Freedlander|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
(laughter) 38:22 FRIEDMAN: I mean… Comptroller of the state of Illinois, or something?
Transcript: Thomas Friedman Interviews Hillary Clinton and Christine Lagarde||April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When another WFP ally, John Liu, also got in that race, party operatives leaned on him to run for city comptroller instead.
Bill de Blasio Mayoral Win Signals Working Families Party Ascendancy|David Freedlander|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And Alan Hevesi, the former New York state comptroller, was there.
Ja Rule on Life in Prison, His 50 Cent Beef, New Film & Finding God|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has declared that he will run for the post of New York City comptroller.
Eliot Spitzer for New York City Comptroller? Not a Bad Idea.|Daniel Gross|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So home by moonshine, and by the way was overtaken by the Comptroller's coach, and so home to his house with him.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Then the Comptroller and I by water to Mr. Coventry, and there discoursed upon the same thing.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
So we shall save the King some money, which both the Comptroller and his clerke had absolutely given away.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
One bank remonstrated against the comptroller's decision, desiring to retain the services of women "hitherto satisfactory."
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
In the case of one bank, the Comptroller proved that not a single solitary loan had been made under fifteen per cent.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for comptroller

comptroller

/ (kənˈtrəʊlə) /

noun

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

Derived forms of comptroller

comptrollership, noun

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