CFO

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A form of chief financial officer — 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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Meanings

nounCFO (plural CFOs)

plural CFOs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of chief financial officer.

    A new study from S&P Global Market Intelligence found that public companies with women CEOs or CFOs often were more profitable and produced better stock price performance than many of the companies that had appointed men to those roles.

    2019 October 16, Jeanne Sahadi, “Why it’s good for business to have a woman at the top”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022
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    The acting CFO of Freddie Mac has been found dead in his basement, an apparent suicide. He's one of the executive team who has been clashing with regulators over how much to disclose about the ways the government has been running the company for its benefit, rather than that of the shareholders.

    2009 April 22, Megan McArdle, “Freddie Mac CFO Commits Suicide”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 14 May 2021
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of cottage food operation.
  3. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of collateralized fund obligation.
proper noun
  1. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Commission on Filipinos Overseas.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm

Broader
corporate executivebusiness executive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

CFO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CFO

MLA

“CFO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CFO. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “CFO,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CFO.

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