bookkeeping

[book-kee-ping]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• bookkeeper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookkeeping¹

First recorded in 1680–90; book + keeping

Example Sentences

She was reported to fill her time with needlepoint and bookkeeping duties, and was paroled in 2007 at the age of 77 from a low-security federal facility for women in Dublin, east of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times

Bruland, who had her own bookkeeping business, started transferring large amounts of money from the couple's joint account in July 2022, and by December it was virtually empty.

From BBC

These cuts and attacks on public health aren’t about bureaucratic bookkeeping.

From Salon

Eventually, though, expenses, questionable bookkeeping by associates and bad investments ate his savings, and in 1987, at 38 and weighing nearly 300 pounds, he announced, to the mirth of many, his comeback.

From Los Angeles Times

He said he understood that the deposits “look bad” but were a reflection of his “poor bookkeeping” and not any wrongdoing.

From Los Angeles Times