beancounting

English

Etymology

From bean +‎ counting.

Noun

beancounting

  1. 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.
    • 2016, Tom Mills, The BBC: Myth of a Public Service:
      Birt was 'obsessed with systems and procedures and power diagrams and channels of accountability' and 'turned the BBC into a beancounting Babel'.
    • 2016, Michael A. Allen, Justin S. Vaughn, Poli Sci Fi: An Introduction to Political Science through Science Fiction, page 130:
      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.
    • 2016, Antonio Garcia Martinez, Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine:
      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.
    • 2022, Jordan House, Asaf Rashid, Solidarity Beyond Bars:
      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.
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