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bookkeeper

[book-keep-er] / ˈbʊkˌkip ər /
NOUN
accountant
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She hopes the credential will position her for a job as an accounting specialist or bookkeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Richard Kahn, Epstein's accountant and bookkeeper since 2005, had told the mansion's staff to pack two suitcases with the contents of the safe and deliver them to his home, agents wrote.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Gustav works as a bookkeeper for Julia’s father and is never entirely happy with his station.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

Tony Gene Broxton, a former fire department bookkeeper from the Florida Panhandle, was indicted in 2013 on federal charges of theft of public money and making false statements.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

Olka now had a job, a paying job, working as a bookkeeper.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

The Panic of 1893 was followed by a boom in corporations and their demand for what we now call white-collar office workers, such as stenographers and bookkeepers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Witnesses in the case have seesawed between bookkeepers and bankers with often dry testimony to Daniels and others with salacious and unflattering stories about Trump and the tabloid world machinations meant to keep them secret.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2024

Refugees work as housekeepers, maintenance workers and dishwashers, but also as bookkeepers and marketing assistants.

From Washington Times Aug. 6, 2022

The moral bookkeepers would assure you: The math works out, your conscience is clean, don’t give it a second thought.

From New York Times Apr. 12, 2022

I didn't know if she meant the best of the computers or the best of the bookkeepers, and I didn't ask because I was afraid I already knew.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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