comptroller

/kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/

comptroller means the chief accountant of a company or government. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.

comptroller is pronounced /kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/.

Etymology

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.

noun

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.”