Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beancount

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bean-count
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A statistical measurement that is used as an indicator of something, but which does not capture the whole picture.

Example Sentences

"Yet (as Howard Estes points out in his contribution to Chapter 8), these "force exchange" comparisons, although they may reveal more about the relative military capabilities of the two countries than do beancounts, are themselves based on uncertain information about each side's forces."
"Answering this question properly requires going beyond the misleading "beancounts" that the Defense Department often uses to persuade that the nation is still too weak ."
"The limitations of simple beancounts are apparently recognized by both NATO and the Pact."

Etymology

From bean + count.

Inflected Forms

beancounts (plural)

Phrases

bean counter

Frequently Paired Words

bean counter beancounting

Questions

What does beancount mean?: A statistical measurement that is used as an indicator of something, but which does not capture the whole picture.
Where does beancount come from?: From bean + count.

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