Usually means: Accountant focused on financial details.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word bean counter:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. bean counter: Merriam-Webster
  2. bean counter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bean counter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bean-counter, bean-counter, bean counter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bean counter: Vocabulary.com
  6. bean-counter: Wordnik
  7. bean counter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bean-counter, bean counter: Wiktionary
  9. bean counter: Dictionary.com
  10. Bean counter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. bean counter: Rhymezone
  12. bean counter: FreeDictionary.org
  13. bean counter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Bean Counter: The Word Detective
  15. bean-counter, bean counter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. bean counter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bean counter: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See bean_counters as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bean counter)

noun:  (idiomatic, mildly derogatory) A person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.

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