COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Comptroller of the Currency mean? 

• COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY (noun)
  The noun COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY has 2 senses:

1. a United States federal official who regulates the national banks

2. the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency

  Familiarity information: COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A United States federal official who regulates the national banks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Comptroller of the Currency" is a part of...):

Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)