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book-keeping

British  

noun

  1. the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions

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Chenery said she did some book-keeping work for her sister's firm but did not think TQ Tickets was involved in any kind of fraud.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

Humans are a striking example of this evolutionary book-keeping in action.

From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022

The finance team could still see ample assets on the book-keeping portal as of last week.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

“I am happy to say that I sued Allied Artists for cosmetic book-keeping and they’re bankrupt,” he once recalled.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2020

In the latter are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic; in the former, geography, book-keeping, the elements of geometry and fortification, and other things equally useful.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various