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View synonyms for bookkeeping

bookkeeping

[ book-kee-ping ]

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • bookkeeper noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bookkeeping1

First recorded in 1680–90; book + keeping

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Example Sentences

His shady bookkeeping and greed came at the worst possible time for a struggling city.

He had been referred to M. Joyeuse by an honest fellow of his acquaintance, old Passajon, to take lessons in bookkeeping.

It proves to be after all a matter of bookkeeping,—technical differences, which were reconciled readily enough.

Power, unaccustomed as yet to the methods of financial bookkeeping, turned to the latest column, and saw a row of figures.

Of course when the farm business becomes very large and intricate, an elaborate system of bookkeeping is necessary.

It is the most admirable system of bookkeeping that ever was devised.

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