accounting machine

noun

a machine for performing bookkeeping functions, as arithmetic operations or vertical and horizontal tabulations.

Origin of accounting machine

¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Words Nearby accounting machine

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How to use accounting machine in a sentence

This report was prepared on an electric accounting machine, and is a little difficult to interpret.
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