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book-keeping

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Chenery said she did some book-keeping work for her sister's firm but did not think TQ Tickets was involved in any kind of fraud.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2024

Humans are a striking example of this evolutionary book-keeping in action.

From Scientific American Dec. 13, 2022

Bankman-Fried often told employees tasked with monitoring the company's financials that the book-keeping system was "the ultimate source of truth" about the company's accounts, two of the people said.

From Reuters Nov. 16, 2022

However, the human body being somewhat more complicated than a basic book-keeping system, all your appetite hears is the activation.

From The Guardian Oct. 30, 2019

Their book-keeping consists of notches on the door-jamb, and their armour in the battle of life is a cast-iron distrustfulness.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan

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