bookkeeper
noun
book·keep·er
ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər 
: a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
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Your accounting department becomes one controller managing 20 fractional bookkeepers.
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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
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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
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookkeeper. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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