as in recorder
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 bookkeeper
After Vito was fired by the alarm company she was employed as a bookkeeper at a law firm in Hartford.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
The company is inviting small businesses, bookkeepers, and accountants to sign up for early access.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Shearer began as a bookkeeper at the bank in 1998 and now works as a customer service representative.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Among the diners are Grayson Dyle, co-owner of a Twin Cities product design firm, and Kate, his bookkeeper girlfriend who works for Ray, the club owner and husband of the dead woman.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
The company is inviting small businesses, bookkeepers, and accountants to sign up for early access.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Shearer began as a bookkeeper at the bank in 1998 and now works as a customer service representative.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Among the diners are Grayson Dyle, co-owner of a Twin Cities product design firm, and Kate, his bookkeeper girlfriend who works for Ray, the club owner and husband of the dead woman.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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Production worked with Mercedes AMG, the Formula 1 team and their engineers to build real race cars that could carry the film’s camera equipment — recorders and transmitters.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 June 2025
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Maricopa County recorder Justin Heap sued his fellow Republicans on the county's board of supervisors on Friday, after a monthslong battle over which powers his position holds.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Other congressional reporters arriving at Capitol Hill today passed these exhausted Senate reporters on their way out.—
Mackenzie Thomas,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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The three courses finished on Dec. 9, according to the online course catalog. Reached on his cellphone Friday, Snyder declined to comment and directed an Idaho Statesman reporter to the university.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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On Monday, after the Tribune’s story on Johnson’s lobbying team was published online, Williams filed paperwork with the Illinois secretary of state’s office to register the city of Chicago as one of his lobbying clients.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The clause requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation for officials in significant positions of authority – such as cabinet secretaries and other top agency officials.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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The court documents don't indicate that any rare books were destroyed in this process—Anthropic purchased its books in bulk from major retailers—but archivists long ago established other ways to extract information from paper.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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Judge James Boasberg ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump administration officials and refer them to the Justice Department.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 June 2025
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The lawsuit said the Justice Department received a complaint from a family member of a non-citizen in Orange County who had allegedly received an unsolicited mail ballot from the county registrar, despite their citizenship status.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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The county filed a complaint in April with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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After the vote, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, forced Senate clerks to read the entire 940-page bill rather than customarily waiving that chore.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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The clerk forced to read every word of the 1,000-page bill, a delaying tactic by Democrats who really can't do anything else to slow the president's agenda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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