accounting machine

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of accounting machine

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

There a whirring IBM Cardatype accounting machine figured what would have happened had an investor put an average $500 a year into a stock every year since 1929�about $15,500 in all.

From Time Magazine Archive

International Business Machines Corp. showed an electric tabulating and accounting machine that automatically compiled data from "tabulating" cards.

From Time Magazine Archive

"His astuteness is with procedure, and he has an accounting machine in his head," says Producer Robert Evans.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the teller went through the motions of putting the deposit through the robot accounting machine, David Houston kept his ears open.

From The Penal Cluster by Garrett, Randall