controller
noun
an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
controllership
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a word derived from
controller.
Example Sentences
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"What is needed is a strong controllership," he said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2022
Cranston lost the senatorial nomination to Salinger in 1964 and the controllership itself in the 1966 near-sweep by Republicans that saw Ronald Reagan defeat Democrat Pat Brown to become Governor and Rafferty re-elected schools superintendent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Accounts were passed by year and year, The auditors would then appear, And his controllership of grain Must his accounts and stock explain.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by John Gay
After the death of Louis XV., he was recommended by Maurepas to a far more important office, the controllership of finance.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Seven years later there was a further grant of a pitcher of wine daily, together with the controllership of the wool and petty wine revenues for the port of London.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
