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bookkeeping

bookkeeping

26 3.0
The work of writing down a business's money received and spent
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : contabilidad
  • Effective bookkeeping ensures that all financial transactions are accurately recorded and organized.
  • double-entry bookkeeping
  • bookkeeping entry

And so you knew how to be ACPA, do tax bookkeeping, like that core skill set.

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Examples

  • So he was accustomed to bookkeeping and everything had to balance right down to the sous, right.

  • Her other job, bookkeeping for two churches, she did at home.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • It's all bookkeeping, but it's useful bookkeeping.

  • But I got a lot of bookkeeping to catch up on.

  • But it's actually a serious job, like bookkeeping and stuff.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So we're just doing bookkeeping here, and I'll tell you why.

  • His father is going to be doing the bookkeeping and handling the business end of it.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Now, the last profitable business I wanted to mention is bookkeeping and accountants.

  • Clara was taking on bookkeeping work to help pay the tuition.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • A likely effect has been to relieve much of the bookkeeping burden of event-by-event reporting.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

accounting
vsbookkeeping
  • Specialized
199 3.2

Keeping and checking records and reports about a business's money

focuses mainly on entering individual financial transactions rather than reporting
accountancy
vsbookkeeping
  • UK
3 4.4

Work of keeping and checking financial records for organizations

centres on the entry of transactions rather than the broader professional tasks
clerking
vsbookkeeping
1 4.9

The act of recording business transactions in an office

is a specialized process for recording a business's financial transactions
record-keeping
vsbookkeeping
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Relating to arranging and storing written or digital information

is concerned specifically with recording business financial transactions not all records

Compounds

1 5.1

A bookkeeping system that records each transaction twice to keep accounts balanced

double bookkeeping
  • Specialized
4.7

A system of recording each transaction twice, once as a debit and once as a credit to ensure accuracy

6.1

A simple way for small businesses to record each money transaction once

How Detailed

to audit
  • Specialized
17 4.2
accounting
  • Specialized
199 3.2
double-entry bookkeeping
  • Specialized
1 5.1
bookkeeping
  • Specialized
26 3.0

Surface Forms

bookkeeping singular
bookkeepings plural

Morphology

bookkeeping = book + keeping (transparent) = book + keep + ing

The compound 'book' + 'keeping' (keeping = act of keeping/recording) directly yields the meaning of recording financial transactions.

Etymology

Bookkeeping comes from the simple parts book and keeping, and it literally means 'keeping books'. Think of it as a diary for money where you write down every sale and cost, which is why bookkeeping today means recording a business's financial transactions.