book-keeping
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Humans are a striking example of this evolutionary book-keeping in action.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2022
Bankman-Fried often told employees tasked with monitoring the company's financials that the book-keeping system was "the ultimate source of truth" about the company's accounts, two of 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
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
His caddy counted them; which only went to prove her a conscientious person, for under the circumstances book-keeping was a difficult matter.
From The Maker of Opportunities by George Gibbs
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