bookkeepers

noun

plural of bookkeeper
as in reporters
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 To inventory their emissions, carbon’s bookkeepers first consult the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026 According to Xero, this feature will save accountants/bookkeepers 50 percent of their time devoted to reconciliation. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Intuit Academy offers free resources designed to help create a new generation of accountants and bookkeepers, with an emphasis on reaching underserved communities that stand to gain the most from access to training. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 Two former bookkeepers for Wyandotte County District Court and longtime best friends accused of stealing nearly $1 million from the court have been sentenced to prison terms. — Nathan Pilling july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Many afternoons after school, Annie worked alongside the agents, bookkeepers, and assistants, doing her homework or helping with the filing. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeepers
  1. reporters
  2. archivists
  3. secretaries
  4. registrars
  5. clerks
Noun
  • The president was asked by reporters at the White House whether he had been briefed about any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran.
    — DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In interviews with over two dozen residents of the Texas borderland, NYT reporters gave voice to personal accounts of the frustrations that many Latinos are feeling in the country.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of reporters
Noun
  • The report’s authors, Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota, surveyed more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators, and legacy professionals to create the eighty-page document.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Almost 250 archivists have contributed to the project so far, and anyone is welcome to help document this wide and weird subsection of urban planning.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of archivists
Noun
  • To do that work, the state plans to add as many as four deputy attorneys general, a legal analyst and three legal secretaries, according to a legislative analyst’s report.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • After work and over breaks for coffee, other secretaries told comparable stories.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of secretaries
Noun
  • Curtis was appointed by the Shasta County Board of Supervisors last year after two previous registrars resigned.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of registrars
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Brown, a former security official with the Michigan Department of State, said her group has hired former CISA employees to help provide training and other support to election clerks and fill the gap.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • While Thursday was the first day clerks could send vote-by-mail ballots, Johnson said they weren’t required to mail them on that day.
    — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of clerks

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“Bookkeepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeepers. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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