keep account

Children can be taught to keep account of their expenses in this way, and thus thrift and good business methods are encouraged.

You keep account of your own time here, and you can pay us when you like.

After that she began to feed the fowls, and keep account of the corn that was used, and the number of eggs that were laid.

It is wise for all girls before they have homes of their own to keep account of their own small incomes.

She thought about that and then she gave me orders that you and I were to keep account of every cent—no, penny—we spent for her.