bookkeeper
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈbʊkˌkiːpər/
:
contable
- I am the bookkeeper for a chain of hair salons.
- the bookkeeper's office
And I'm like, why don't you just, you know, get a bookkeeper to do that?
- And I'm like, why don't you just, you know, get a bookkeeper to do that?
- So she asked someone from that we knew that was a bookkeeper.
- Profound interest in going after those poor bookkeepers.
- Well, I'm not going to take a leader who is used to leading accountants and bookkeepers and have them oversee the sales and marketing department.
- And whether that means going down the path of building accounting software or replacing bookkeepers and accountants or whatever, that's just a high level vision.
- So that's why I have the best, first of all, bookkeeper, accountants, attorneys, bankers.
- Things like, you know, bank tellers, bookkeepers, a lot of middle managers.
- Matron, nurse, advisor, chef, cleaner, a bookkeeper.
- You've been a dishwasher, a short order cook, a bookkeeper, a tow truck driver, a gas jockey, bartender, plywood mill laborer and railway line worker.
Examples
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A recent publication alluded to the importance of bookkeepers and the respect with which they were treated.
Academic text (2005) -
My father was a bookkeeper who helped local businesses keep track of their accounts.
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His regular bookkeeper was off sick.
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My father, he was bookkeeper here and he got me my first job.
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I had wanted to be a bookkeeper.
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I am the new bookkeeper.
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You know, Henry was a bookkeeper, just like your granddad.
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I started working as a bookkeeper in her family's business.
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After admission to the bar, he worked as a bookkeeper at the State Railroad Office in Atlanta.
Academic text (2007) -
Marge is a mouse of a woman, thin and frazzled, but she is a meticulous bookkeeper for the local college.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
273
2.5
A person who keeps records and does office tasks
212
2.7
A person who keeps and checks money records for people or companies
4
3.3
A person who writes and keeps the official papers for a group
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3.8
A person who writes and saves important official information in files
A person who keeps and updates an organization's official documents
How Senior
15
3.4
- Formal
17
3.3
212
2.7
24
3.2
3
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bookkeeper is made of book and keeper, meaning someone who 'keeps' the 'books', where 'books' means the financial records. That's why a bookkeeper records and looks after a business's money and accounts.