bookkeeper

noun

book·​keep·​er ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce bookkeeper (audio)
: a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
bookkeeping noun

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Your accounting department becomes one controller managing 20 fractional bookkeepers. Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 Henry Golding plays a bookkeeper whose sole purpose is to set up the lore, but Discord’s threat always feels more contrived than inevitable. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 July 2025 As many as a half-dozen Republicans were openly wavering about extending tax cuts that could add $5 trillion to the national debt over a decade, according to Congress’ bookkeepers. Philip Elliott, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025 Syd was able to help shape Tina, a former bookkeeper with no culinary skills beyond mixing beef, into a world-class sous-chef. Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookkeeper

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First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bookkeeper was in 1555

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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookkeeper. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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bookkeeper

noun
book·​keep·​er ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər How to pronounce bookkeeper (audio)
: a person who keeps accounts for a business
bookkeeping noun

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