Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who keeps accounts; one whose occupation is to make a formal balanced record of pecuniary transactions in account-books.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who records the transactions of a business
Etymologies
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Examples
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Like the fact that the word "bookkeeper" is the only word in the English language with three sets of double letters...what is that called?
Maria Rodale: Ten Reasons Why I Love Bob Dylan Maria Rodale 2011
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Certainly -- we joke about the "border upgrade," where someone who was a bookkeeper is now an accountant, and the head of accounting at a small company is now Chief Financial Officer of a much bigger company, and the AA degree becomes a BA or MBA.
What is "phony"? 2005
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Some people use the terms bookkeeper and accountant interchangeably, but that is not technically correct.
You Think What? Lola500 2010
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Stevens 'wife said she called the bookkeeper in her husband's Senate office to see if a bill had come in, but then said, "I forgot about it" and never followed up.
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Asking for good advice does not mean calling the bookkeeper for your bowling league.
Don McNay: What to do if you win the Mega Million Jackpot Don McNay 2011
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Asking for good advice does not mean calling the bookkeeper for your bowling league.
Don McNay: What to do if you win the Mega Million Jackpot Don McNay 2011
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Asking for good advice does not mean calling the bookkeeper for your bowling league.
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I ended up in a CPA office and soon learned enough to be called a bookkeeper -- years of wrangling an Olivetti adding machine remain with me now in the form of an arthritic right wrist long before I met a mouse.
I Heart Chicago 2008
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Once, Cicero says, Generosa called his bookkeeper at five a.m. to rant about bubbles in the pool.
Murder in East Hampton Shnayerson, Michael 2002
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-- The work of a bookkeeper is the same almost everywhere.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 Various
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See raccoonnookkeeper.
July 19, 2010