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  • 1Bookkeeping — is the recording of financial transactions. Transactions include sales, purchases, income, receipts and payments by an individual or organization. Bookkeeping is usually performed by a bookkeeper. Bookkeeping should not be confused with… …

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  • 2Bookkeeping — Book keep ing, n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Bookkeeping by double entry — Bookkeeping Book keep ing, n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Bookkeeping by single entry — Bookkeeping Book keep ing, n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5bookkeeping — index accounting, computation, registration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 bookkeeping …

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  • 6bookkeeping expert — index comptroller Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7bookkeeping — ► NOUN ▪ the activity of keeping records of financial affairs …

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  • 8bookkeeping — [book′kēp΄iŋ] n. the work of keeping a systematic record of business transactions bookkeeper n …

    English World dictionary

  • 9bookkeeping — bookkeeper, n. /book kee ping/, n. the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting). [1680 90; BOOK + KEEPING] * * * Recording of the money values of business transactions.… …

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  • 10bookkeeping — the process of recording business transactions in the accounting records * * * bookkeeping UK US (also book keeping) /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/ noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► the activity of keeping records of all the money a company spends and receives: »The company… …

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