bookkeeping

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noun

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

Origin:
1680–90; book + keeping

Related forms

book·keep·er, noun

Can be confused: accounting, bookkeeping, finance(s)

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bookkeeping
noun
the activity of recording business transactions

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