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

Words Nearby bookkeeping

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How to use bookkeeping in a sentence

  • His shady bookkeeping and greed came at the worst possible time for a struggling city.

    How Kwame Kilpatrick Went Bad | Jay Scott Smith | March 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He had been referred to M. Joyeuse by an honest fellow of his acquaintance, old Passajon, to take lessons in bookkeeping.

    The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
  • It proves to be after all a matter of bookkeeping,—technical differences, which were reconciled readily enough.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • Power, unaccustomed as yet to the methods of financial bookkeeping, turned to the latest column, and saw a row of figures.

  • Of course when the farm business becomes very large and intricate, an elaborate system of bookkeeping is necessary.

    The American Country Girl | Martha Foote Crow

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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