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bookkeeper

[book-keep-er] / ˈbʊkˌkip ər /
NOUN
accountant
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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

His mother worked part time as a bookkeeper while his father was a tax attorney.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 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

She was in her mid-40s, divorced and living in Danville, outside San Francisco, when she went to work in 1974 as a bookkeeper for People in Need.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

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

From Washington Times Aug. 6, 2022

Rather, the guidelines ask scientific bookkeepers in each country to quantify levels of a particular activity.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2021

As Selznick put it, Hollywood had been “grabbed by a little group of bookkeepers and turned into a junk industry.”

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2020

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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