Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chief financial officer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: chief -fi-nan-cial of-fi-cer
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.

Inflected Forms

chief financial officers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

CEO chief executive officer COO chief operating officer more at [[CXO

Synonyms

CFO financial director

Questions

What does chief financial officer mean?: The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.

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