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a person whose job is to keep the financial records for a business
questioned the bookkeeper about an entry in the accounts
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Recent Examples of bookkeepers
Banks in the latter half of the 20th century were able to automate some of the tasks performed by accountants and bookkeepers, and the rise of the ATM initially reduced the number of bank tellers.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
The site is particularly strong in the accounting and finance sector, with jobs available for everyone from collection managers to controllers, bookkeepers and CPAs.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeepers
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Her mother previously told reporters her daughter had a boyfriend named David.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Their attorney, Anthony Prince, couldn't attend the protest but spoke to reporters on the phone.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented.—
Keith Murphy,
VIBE.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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At Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, scholars and archivists have recently opened a major new window into Rosenwald’s legacy.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Seven Cabinet secretaries came from the think tank.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The president has fired two Cabinet secretaries in recent weeks — former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — after public scandals garnered considerable media coverage.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Historically, observers were also charged with registering voters at polling stations and local registrars’ offices with the specific goal of assisting disenfranchised minorities.—
Allison Mashell Mitchell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Alito, 76, has been hiring clerks for next term and intends to continue serving into at least 2027, the sources who have spoken to Alito told ABC.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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According to evidence presented at trial, McCray sent multiple letters from a Texas state prison in March 2025 that contained white powder and were addressed to clerks at federal courthouses in Fort Worth and Amarillo.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bookkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeepers. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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