Unscramble

c 3 o 1 m 3 p 3 t 1 r 1 o 1 l 1 l 1 e 1 r 1

11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun someone who maintains and audits business accounts

originFrom late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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