bookkeeper
noun
book·keep·er
ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər 
: a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
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Haggard was fiddling on the new strings when Marian, Dad’s mother, who’d taken over as the store’s bookkeeper, walked by.
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Set up accounting software or hire a bookkeeper to track expenses, income, and taxes.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Susanne Bloy, 71, had been Mike Forster’s bookkeeper since 1998.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
Your accounting department becomes one controller managing 20 fractional bookkeepers.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Set up accounting software or hire a bookkeeper to track expenses, income, and taxes.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Susanne Bloy, 71, had been Mike Forster’s bookkeeper since 1998.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
Your accounting department becomes one controller managing 20 fractional bookkeepers.
—Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for bookkeeper
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookkeeper. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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