to keep books
1keep books — keep records of money gained and spent, do the work of a bookkeeper My first job was to keep books for a small company in my hometown …
2keep books — {v. phr.} To keep records of money gained and spent; do the work of a bookkeeper. * /Miss Jones keeps the company s books./ …
3keep books — {v. phr.} To keep records of money gained and spent; do the work of a bookkeeper. * /Miss Jones keeps the company s books./ …
4keep\ books — v. phr. To keep records of money gained and spent; do the work of a bookkeeper. Miss Jones keeps the company s books …
5keep books — Synonyms and related words: balance, balance the books, book, capitalize, carry, carry over, cast up accounts, charge off, close out, close the books, credit, debit, docket, enter, journalize, log, make an entry, minute, note, post, post up,… …
6keep books — manage books, manage account or invoice slips …
7Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …
8keep — [kēp] vt. kept, keeping [ME kepen < OE cœpan, to behold, watch out for, lay hold of, akin to MLowG kapen, ON kopa, to stare at < ? IE base * ĝab , to look at or for] 1. to observe or pay regard to; specif., a) to observe with due or… …
9keep — keepable, adj. keepability, n. /keep/, v., kept, keeping, n. v.t. 1. to hold or retain in one s possession; hold as one s own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change. 2. to hold or have the use of for a period of time: You can keep it for the… …
10keep — To continue. People v. Roseberry, 23 Cal. App.2d 13, 71 P.2d 944; Briggs v. U. S., C.C.A.Mich., 45 F.2d 479, 480. To have or retain in one s power or possession; not to lose or part with; to preserve or retain. To maintain, carry on, conduct, or… …