cruncher

[ kruhn-cher ]

noun

Origin of cruncher

First recorded in 1945–50; crunch + -er¹

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If a pension fund expects to pay someone $10,000 in 10 years and anticipates it will earn 7% a year, compounded, today’s cost of that benefit — what numbers crunchers call its “present value” — shows up on its books as a liability of $5,083.
The Fed Saved the Economy but Is Threatening Trillions of Dollars Worth of Middle-Class Retirement | by Allan Sloan | October 21, 2020 | ProPublica
At his worst, Ryan can come across as a heartless number cruncher—or the most physically fit accountant in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Which Joe Biden Will Show Up for Thursday’s Debate? | Matt Latimer | October 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It plays to all her strength as a superwonk policy cruncher.
Hillary and the 'Woman Thing' | Tina Brown | October 13, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Vell, then, clubs is trumps, an' we have got a big von vith a knot on the hend for Gran'mother cruncher—see?
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely Quigg
But at the end of the first week Grandmother cruncher's rheumatism was too much for her and she was compelled to retire.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely Quigg

Aside from his duty to Grandmother cruncher, he was not going to have his business run by outsiders—not if he knew himself!
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York | Lemuel Ely Quigg
Mr. cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home.
A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens
"That there Roger Cly, master," said Mr. cruncher, with a taciturn and iron-bound visage.
A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens

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