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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

A screenshot of FTX's book-keeping system showed that even after the massive customer withdrawals, some $10 billion in deposits remained, plus a surplus of $1.5 billion.

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

In England, this kind of book-keeping is very gradually coming into use even among farmers, while Simond, Voyage en Angleterre, 2 ed.,

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

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