| 单词 | comptroller-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomptroller-general comptroller-general n. (plural comptrollers-general) an official exercising overall responsibility, esp. for expenditure; = controller-general n. at controller n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] mastereOE shepper1377 commandera1400 convoyer1488 comptroller?1536 controllera1540 controller-general1562 bridler1570 comptroller-general1587 disposerc1595 overruler1695 skull1880 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > senior or chief public officials > [noun] > controller-general controller-general1562 comptroller-general1587 1587 J. Polemon 2nd Pt. Bk. Battailes sig. Aa.ii On ye right hand of ye Admiral was placed the galeon S. Mattheo, wherein was the Generall of the field, & the comptroller generall. 1691 G. Miege New State Eng. iii. xvi. 210 The Commissioners of the Custom-House... Comptroller general of the Accompts, Giles Litcot, Esq. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 339 Grand financier of confiscation, and comptroller general of sacrilege. 1880 19th Cent. Sept. 458 When M. de Blignières and Major Baring entered on their duties as Comptrollers-General of the administration of Egypt, the first difficulty they had to contend with was that of the Floating Debt. 1920 Hearings Comm. National Budget Part 1 (66th Congress 2nd Sess.) 7 There shall be in the Accounting Department a Comptroller General of the United States and an Assistant Comptroller General of the United States, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. 2007 J. M. Spangenburg Life beyond Downsizing i. 13 Even the Comptroller General, David Walker, felt that there was a human capital crisis in the government. < as lemmas |
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