bookkeeping

[ boo k-kee-ping ]

/ ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ /

noun

the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting).

Words nearby bookkeeping

booking, booking agent, booking clerk, booking office, bookish, bookkeeping, booklet, booklet pane, booklight, booklore, booklouse

Origin of bookkeeping

First recorded in 1680–90; book + keeping

OTHER WORDS FROM bookkeeping

book·keep·er, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bookkeeping

accounting bookkeeping finance(s)

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Examples from the Web for book-keeping

You are a good penman, and ready accountant, I think you tell me; and I presume you have a sufficient knowledge of book-keeping.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
I'm very good at shorthand—hundred and twenty a minute; my arithmetic and book-keeping, too, are more than fair.
A Sheaf of Corn|Mary E. Mann
Unconsciously his own determined industry in book-keeping gave him a little more confidence.
Don Orsino|F. Marion Crawford
Candidates for the Post-Office Department should be good copyists, quick at arithmetic, and acquainted with book-keeping.
Ten Great Religions|James Freeman Clarke

I do the book-keeping well enough, but adventures and emergencies are more my line.
Here and Hereafter|Barry Pain

British Dictionary definitions for book-keeping

book-keeping

noun

the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions

Derived forms of book-keeping

book-keeper, noun

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