bookkeeping
See also: book-keeping and book keeping
English
Alternative forms
- book-keeping, book keeping
Pronunciation
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Noun
bookkeeping (usually uncountable, plural bookkeepings)
- (accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
- Synonyms: accounting, accountancy
- (computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
- Synonym: housekeeping
Derived terms
- double bookkeeping
Translations
skill of keeping records of financial transactions
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Verb
bookkeeping
- present participle of bookkeep
Further reading
- “bookkeeping”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.