book-keeping
noun
the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions
book-keeper
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a word derived from
book-keeping.
Example Sentences
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Suzanne's Law is named after Edinburgh book-keeper Suzanne Pilley, who disappeared in 2010 after breaking off an affair with a work colleague.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Davies worked as a clerk in a shipping office and a book-keeper in an accountancy firm for 10 years before enrolling at drama school in Coventry in 1973.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
From his grand Manhattan office on 26 Broadway, the fastidiously punctual former book-keeper, with an eye permanently on the ledger, launched a “cut-to-kill” strategy whenever competition threatened his stranglehold on the kerosene industry.
From Economist ● May 26, 2016
In 1886, the fledgling drinks company’s book-keeper Frank Mason Robinson penned the first version of the now legendary script, but it wasn’t registered as a trademark until January 1893.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2014
"Brandy," answered the book-keeper in a rusty voice.
From The Red Room by August Strindberg
