bookkeeping

Speech parts

1. bookkeeping - Noun

2. bookkeeping - Verb

Meaning

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clerking bureau accountancy office account computing accounting subordinate calculating clerical audit reckoning secretarial bookkeeper paperwork
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Antonyms

denial top brass rules-maker

Hypernyms

accountancy accounting

Hyponyms

single entry double entry double-entry bookkeeping single-entry bookkeeping

Examples

Accounting methods improved, partly through the use of double-entry bookkeeping ; letters of credit also appeared, allowing easy transmission of money. Source: Internet

A lever on most machines allowed switching between colors, which was useful for bookkeeping entries where negative amounts were highlighted in red. Source: Internet

Although they were first developed for accounting or bookkeeping tasks, they now are used extensively in any context where tabular lists are built, sorted, and shared. Source: Internet

County Clerk Wanda Halbert pointed out that bookkeeping for the arrangement could become unwieldy, and several commissioners remained convinced. Source: Internet

Consolidated bookkeeping therefore probably would have shown that total profits exceeded dividends. Source: Internet

Chapter 4: "Having lost its ability to bring happiness or trample men in the dust, money will turn into mere bookkeeping receipts for the convenience of statisticians and for planning purposes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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