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Comptroller of the Currency   /kəmtrˈoʊlər əv ðə kˈərənsi/   Listen
Comptroller of the Currency

noun
1.
A United States federal official who regulates the national banks.
2.
The agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency.






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"Comptroller of the Currency" Quotes from Famous Books



... is a bureau of the Treasury Department having charge of all matters relating to national banks, the chief officer of which is the comptroller of the currency. ...
— Up To Date Business - Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) • Various

... to assist them in closing up said company, and pay them a reasonable compensation for their services out of the funds of said company; and the said commissioners shall retain out of said funds a reasonable compensation for their trouble, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller of the Currency, and not exceeding three thousand dollars each per annum. Said commissioners shall deposit all sums collected by them in the Treasury of the United States until they make a pro rata distribution of ...
— History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George Washington Williams

... Ridgely, the grandfather of the Hon. William Barret Ridgely, who married one of my daughters, and who served as United States Comptroller of the Currency for a number of years, was one of the leading bankers of the State, and was reputed to be one of the first millionaires of Illinois. He was a very careful banker, and was probably too careful to be ...
— Fifty Years of Public Service • Shelby M. Cullom



Words linked to "Comptroller of the Currency" :   bureau, authority, official, office, government agency, functionary, Treasury Department, United States Treasury, federal agency, Department of the Treasury, agency, treasury



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