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bookkeeper

[book-keep-er] / ˈbʊkˌkip ər /
NOUN
accountant
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Wong says she even did the company accounts on Sundays rather than pay for a bookkeeper because, at the time, saving the money mattered more than getting the day back.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Elizabette Guecamburu, a bookkeeper who has a rare neuromuscular disorder, spoke at Monday’s rally and implored the governor to remember the teachings of their shared alma mater Santa Clara University, a Jesuit-led private school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

But inevitably you are also a bookkeeper, a shipping clerk, a marketing specialist and a navigator of government regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Around that time, Brunel was fretting over a deposition of Maritza Vasquez, MC2’s former financial controller and bookkeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

I met no rebuffs, only gentleness when they informed me they could not use my services as typist, bookkeeper, etc.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

The Panic of 1893 was followed by a boom in corporations and their demand for what we now call white-collar office workers, such as stenographers and bookkeepers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

The club was barely able to meet the Spanish league’s strict financial control rules last season in time to register all its players, and some more long nights loom for Barcelona’s bookkeepers.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023

Refugees work as housekeepers, maintenance workers and dishwashers, but also as bookkeepers and marketing assistants.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2022

The moral bookkeepers would assure you: The math works out, your conscience is clean, don’t give it a second thought.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

I didn't know if she meant the best of the computers or the best of the bookkeepers, and I didn't ask because I was afraid I already knew.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg


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