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bookkeeping

[book-kee-ping] / ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
accounting
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The Crusades, for example, sped development of international finance and spurred creation of double-entry bookkeeping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

There’s not a textbook for empathy the way there is for Python or for bookkeeping.

From MarketWatch Apr. 11, 2026

Automation had been hollowing out middle-skill work since the early 2000s, quietly eliminating the clerical roles, bookkeeping jobs and sales positions that once absorbed India's graduates.

From BBC Mar. 29, 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

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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