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bookkeeping

[book-kee-ping] / ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
accounting
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An independent auditor this summer called the city out for sloppy bookkeeping and noted that it had spent more than what was planned for in previous budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Her first fraudulent application came in May 2020 when she applied for a £16,250 Bounce Back loan for One2Four Accounting Ltd - a bookkeeping services company she set up in June 2018.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

There’s not a textbook for empathy the way there is for Python or for bookkeeping.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 11, 2026

In death as in life, the only relief he can find is in the bookkeeping drudgery that has become not just his identity but his very soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

There would seem to be no connection between bookkeeping and science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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