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Definition of Comptrollers
1. comptroller [n] - See also: comptroller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comptrollers
Literary usage of Comptrollers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Financial Management: Profile of Navy & Marine Corps Financial Managers by George H. Stalcup (1999)
"... 15 of its 22 installations ( of the 55 managers responding included 10
comptrollers, 7 deputy comptrollers, and 10 budget officers) Commander in Chief, ..."
2. The Financial Administration of the Colony of Virginia by Percy Scott Flippin (1915)
"55. was the maximum fee.28 comptrollers of the Customs. ... Three comptrollers
requested to be allowed to charge fees on all ships 28 Journal of the Council ..."
3. The Royal Government in Virginia, 1624-1775 by Percy Scott Flippin, Wallace Everett Caldwell (1919)
"Three comptrollers requested to be allowed to charge fees on all ships trading
in the colony. 1 British Museum, King's MSS., no. 2o5, p. 495. 1 Cal. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... in which year he commanded the British troops at the siege of Ath. In 1707 he
was appointed one of the comptrollers of army clothing ..."
5. The Military Forces of the Crown: Their Administration and Government by Charles Mathew Clode (1869)
"Two subordinate Departments formerly gave direct assistance to the Treasury,
which was withdrawn from Aids to tho the Department—as to the comptrollers of ..."
6. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... renominated as Attorney-General, is rejected by the Senate — The Senate
compliments Stan ton—The Powers of the comptrollers and Auditors in the Treasury ..."
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