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Treasurer vs Controller - What's the difference?

treasurer | controller |

As nouns the difference between treasurer and controller

is that treasurer is the head of a corporation's treasury department while controller is one who controls something.

treasurer

Noun

(en noun)
  • The head of a corporation's treasury department.
  • The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.
  • The government official in charge of the Treasury.
  • Derived terms

    * corporate treasurer * treasurership

    controller

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who controls something.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
  • The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
  • (business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
  • (computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
  • (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
  • Synonyms

    * administrator * foreman * chief, head, head man * comptroller * overseer * organizer * superintendent * supervisor

    Derived terms

    * memory controller * microcontroller