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)
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.
He had been referred to M. Joyeuse by an honest fellow of his acquaintance, old Passajon, to take lessons in bookkeeping.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetIt proves to be after all a matter of bookkeeping,—technical differences, which were reconciled readily enough.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonPower, unaccustomed as yet to the methods of financial bookkeeping, turned to the latest column, and saw a row of figures.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyOf course when the farm business becomes very large and intricate, an elaborate system of bookkeeping is necessary.
The American Country Girl | Martha Foote Crow
It is the most admirable system of bookkeeping that ever was devised.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de Forest
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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