book-keeping
noun
the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions
book-keeper
-
a word derived from
book-keeping.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Part of the job will continue to be “tracking down the disgruntled former secretary or book-keeper who knows where the bodies are buried, and knowing how to coax information from them,” he says.
From Economist ● Jan. 3, 2013
Rath, and James Langton, better known as Jimmie, and who performed the duties of book-keeper for the firm.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
