book-keeping
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- book-keeper noun
Example Sentences
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Humans are a striking example of this evolutionary book-keeping in action.
From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022
To conceal the transfers of customer funds to Alameda, Wang, a former Google software developer, built a backdoor in FTX's book-keeping software, the people said.
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
Mr Rehman told the BBC he refused to do so due to a lack of documentation, describing the organisation's book-keeping as "a cowboy job".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2019
If a merchant commenced business without any knowledge of arithmetic and book-keeping, we should exclaim at his folly and look for disastrous consequences.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John
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