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bookkeeping

[book-kee-ping] / ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
accounting
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There’s not a textbook for empathy the way there is for Python or for bookkeeping.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Amanda said she is picking up whatever work she can, including hospital administrative duties and bookkeeping gigs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"Mr Kahn's work for Epstein was precisely the same kind of accounting and bookkeeping work that thousands of professionals provide to clients on a daily basis," Dan Ruzumna told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

When her second child was born, she stopped her work as an office manager, but continued doing the family’s bookkeeping.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Then I went downstairs to the family computer in the basement and sorted through the boxes of software until I found the bookkeeping program Mom uses for her store.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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