bookkeeping

[ book-kee-ping ]
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noun
  1. the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting).

Origin of bookkeeping

1
First recorded in 1680–90; book + keeping

Other words from bookkeeping

  • bookkeeper, noun

Words that may be confused with bookkeeping

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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 Gross
  • One company contained so many bookkeepers and clerks that it was known as the clerks company.

  • If you, too, are paying seven per cent of your bookkeepers' salaries for waste motion, let us send you a sample.

    Business English | Rose Buhlig
  • The bookkeepers of the bank would be kept busy transferring credits from one customer to another on the books of the bank.

  • Theirs was a respectable neighbourhood of well-paid artisans, bookkeepers, and small shopkeepers.

    Half Portions | Edna Ferber

British Dictionary definitions for book-keeping

book-keeping

noun
  1. the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions

Derived forms of book-keeping

  • book-keeper, noun

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