controllership
- 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
At the time when Chaucer was given his controllership, offices in the customs seem to have been used regularly as sinecures for the esquires.
From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root
Now in the case of the controllership of the greater customs, it seems evident that Adam Yardeley was merely put into the office as a stop-gap.
From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root
The office of the controllership of the royal exchequer must be held by such a person as that office requires.
