recordkeeping

noun

rec·​ord·​keep·​ing ˈre-kərd-ˌkē-piŋ 

variants or less commonly record-keeping

: the act or practice of recording important information for future reference : the act of keeping records

Due to shoddy recordkeeping, the total area affected … is a mystery, and it will likely remain so.

—David Gargill

Examples of recordkeeping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The process of applying for legal status or citizenship involves regular recordkeeping and documentation—proof of an immigrant’s day-to-day existence that Xu picks up on visually by borrowing and blowing up some of that proof, such as keepsakes and selfies. —Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025

Crypto investors who have been keeping track of their holdings haphazardly in the past should also consider hiring a tax crypto recordkeeping provider. —Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025

Here’s an inside look at one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall in the Atlantic since recordkeeping began. —Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025

Best-practice recordkeeping retains those details, giving you the tools to follow up and build relationships. —Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for recordkeeping

• beekeeping
• bookkeeping
• gatekeeping
• housekeeping
• peacekeeping
• safekeeping
• timekeeping
• beeping
• creeping
• heaping
• keeping
• leaping