recordkeeping

[ rek-erd-kee-ping ]

noun

the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.

Origin of recordkeeping

First recorded in 1960–65; record + keep + -ing¹

The recordkeeping for those numbers had its own shortcomings, but in some ways it was more reliable.
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The year 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest since modern recordkeeping began there in 1910.
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And have those results been made available to you through the regular recordkeeping procedures of the FBI?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I do have knowledge of recordkeeping, general knowledge of recordkeeping.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
When a shipment of rifles is received, what is your procedure with regard to recordkeeping on the serial numbers of the rifles?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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