bookkeeping
the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting).
Origin of bookkeeping
1Other words from bookkeeping
- bookkeeper, noun
Words that may be confused with bookkeeping
- accounting, bookkeeping , finance(s)
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How to use bookkeeping in a sentence
This, as it happens, is a procedure possible only to a limited type, but this type occurs not only among bookkeepers.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossOne company contained so many bookkeepers and clerks that it was known as the clerks company.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2) | Hazard StevensIf you, too, are paying seven per cent of your bookkeepers' salaries for waste motion, let us send you a sample.
Business English | Rose BuhligThe bookkeepers of the bank would be kept busy transferring credits from one customer to another on the books of the bank.
Up To Date Business | VariousTheirs was a respectable neighbourhood of well-paid artisans, bookkeepers, and small shopkeepers.
Half Portions | Edna Ferber
British Dictionary definitions for book-keeping
the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions
Derived forms of book-keeping
- book-keeper, noun
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