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bean counter
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a bean counter (informal)
an impolite way of describing someone who is responsible for the financial decisions within a company. When decisions that affect people's lives are in the hands of bean counters, it's bad news.
See also: bean, counter
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Because Disney's bean counters decided more than a year ago that ABC and ESPN would be more prudent to get out of the PGA Tour business, the organization last January signed long-term deals for 2007 and beyond with CBS, NBC and the Golf Channel.
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The private equity firm brought in their bean counters and stifled any attempt to develop new products or invest in new equipment," he said.
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Some bean counters are paying upwards of $1,000 per square foot for coveted corner street space and branches in some of the city's most high profile locations, such as the GM Building.
Store wars send retail rents into orbit by Barr, Linda / Real Estate Weekly
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