bookkeeper
noun
book·keep·er
ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər 
: a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
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The electric bill was supposed to have been settled by the house of worship’s bookkeeper, Tamara Wallace, who was also South Lake Tahoe’s mayor.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
The bookkeeper told me the owner loved me.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Using German plans and models, the facility's chief bookkeeper and amateur electrician, Stanislas Keenan, built one of the first medical diagnostic X-ray machines in the country in 1896.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
And Mary, who is left with a meager income to raise their children, teaches herself and then her three daughters how to be bookkeepers, which earns them notice throughout the city.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
The bookkeeper told me the owner loved me.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Using German plans and models, the facility's chief bookkeeper and amateur electrician, Stanislas Keenan, built one of the first medical diagnostic X-ray machines in the country in 1896.
—Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
And Mary, who is left with a meager income to raise their children, teaches herself and then her three daughters how to be bookkeepers, which earns them notice throughout the city.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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