book-keeping
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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
Selden, which presented the question of “whether the exclusive property in a system of book-keeping can be claimed, under the law of copyright, by means of a book in which that system is explained.”
From Time ● Mar. 30, 2016
The Committee were extremely fortunate in procuring the services of a gentleman to act as their Secretary, so well qualified to perform the duties, and so thoroughly versed in book-keeping as Mr. Barr.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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