Definition
a person more focused on counting money
Examples
1) He's a bean counter, only cares about numbers.
2) My boss is a bean counter, always cutting costs.
Etymology
The practice of carefully tracking finances in small businesses and households.
Synonyms
penny pincher, number cruncher
- englishdaily626.com [edited]
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Patient, abstinent bean counters often disregard what others consider normal.
Take, for example, the "lovable eccentric" Mr. Richard Colson in New Concept
English 3*. He must have counted the £300, in one way or another, before lugging
the huge bag of pennies to the store to pay back the snobbish shopkeeper by
insisting the poor guy adding up every penny. Dickie obviously relished the
moment, earned after his own untold hours of bean counting.
* https://newconceptenglish.com/index.php?id=3-031
