Meaning

The act or policy of relying on quantitative measurable details, especially those concerned with expenses and profits, as opposed to seeking a broader understanding of something..

Example Sentences

Birt was 'obsessed with systems and procedures and power diagrams and channels of accountability' and 'turned the BBC into a beancounting Babel'.

A proud bureaucrat, Hermes serves as Planet Express's accountant, although, as we will discuss, his role goes well beyond the traditional beancounting activities we associate with accounting.

Ad statistics, the boring beancounting task critical to keep the budgets flowing, would have to exist separately and work for advertisers and their accounting departments.

At a practical level, a project of organizing prisoners would challenge the predominant beancounting organizing approach that considers a campaign viable only if potential dues income exceeds organizing and servicing costs.

When Should You Use Bean counting?

Use bean counting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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