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
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
"Doing sums," replied Joe, which was his idea of book-keeping.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
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