book-keeping

noun

the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions

His chief work seemed to be in standing about the brick-yard watching the men, and in writing and book-keeping at home.

They attended to their own book-keeping, did their own selling and buying, tied up their bundles and packed all the cases.

They must refuse to view this matter as a question merely of book-keeping and accounts.

The two classes with which I was brought into contact were the book-keeping and embossing.

I'm very good at shorthand—hundred and twenty a minute; my arithmetic and book-keeping, too, are more than fair.

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