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
The body of the former secretary and bookkeeper was found two days later inside the trunk of her car at the construction site, according to prosecutors.
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Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The Promise—And Limitations—Of Embedded Bookkeeping Traditionally, this meant hiring a bookkeeper and setting up a formal accounting system to track financial transactions, a usually costly endeavor for small businesses.
—Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Shirazi’s father, a bookkeeper and an accountant, struggled to get a full-time job.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
More examples: In education, colleges and universities have gravitated toward part-time instructors, while many nonprofits use part-time fundraisers, bookkeepers and program managers.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
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Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The Promise—And Limitations—Of Embedded Bookkeeping Traditionally, this meant hiring a bookkeeper and setting up a formal accounting system to track financial transactions, a usually costly endeavor for small businesses.
—Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Shirazi’s father, a bookkeeper and an accountant, struggled to get a full-time job.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
More examples: In education, colleges and universities have gravitated toward part-time instructors, while many nonprofits use part-time fundraisers, bookkeepers and program managers.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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The album was recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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The album is known as one of Springsteen's more personal outings, recorded on a four track recorder in the rocker's bedroom.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Earlier Friday, before the memo was distributed, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters that more than 25,000 Americans had reached out for information on leaving Israel, the West Bank and Iran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that Trump was expected to make a decision about whether to directly support Israel in its attacks against Iran within the next two weeks.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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What To Know Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles last week regarding the ongoing protests, and Padilla, a California Democrat, was in attendance.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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The Grayslake walk, in collaboration with community partners, was launched in 2021 by Tamika Y. Nash of Grayslake, secretary of the Board of Education of Community Consolidated School District 46, and also Juneteenth event coordinator.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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In January 2020, the three states that most recently ratified the ERA — Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia — sued the archivist in the District of Columbia in an attempt to get the court to force the National Archives to publish the amendment.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Those reels were later rediscovered in 2002 by Edwin and Arno Konings, Dutch twins and Sly and the Family Stone archivists, and carefully restored by co-producer Palao.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
5 June 2025
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But just as much of the malicious texting market is driven by Chinese gangs, the most dangerous TLDs are issued by Chinese registrars.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The supervisors selected Curtis from a pool of five finalists that included Shasta County’s current deputy registrar of voters and top elections workers from around the country.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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On Friday evening, a week after the Tribune reported that ICE subpoenaed the clerk’s office for personal information of applicants to the ID program that is often used by noncitizens, the city clerk took down the online application for CityKey.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Most were clerks, who divided their duties alphabetically rather than by region—one imagines Canadian affairs being handled by the Bulgaria-Chile desk.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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