bookkeeper
noun
book·keep·er
ˈbu̇k-ˌkē-pər 
: a person who records the accounts or transactions of a business
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As electronic calculators became widespread, many accountants, financial analysts and bookkeepers worried their jobs would be obsolete.
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Dan Sorensen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The deficit will swell to $1.9 trillion this fiscal year and keep growing until the overall national debt hits $50.7 trillion a decade from now, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper said in its latest report.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
His wife of 66 years, Carolyn Fantom, the business’s bookkeeper, died in 2017.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
He’d been hired as a bookkeeper for First National Stores in nearby Kearny.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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Dan Sorensen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The deficit will swell to $1.9 trillion this fiscal year and keep growing until the overall national debt hits $50.7 trillion a decade from now, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper said in its latest report.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
His wife of 66 years, Carolyn Fantom, the business’s bookkeeper, died in 2017.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
He’d been hired as a bookkeeper for First National Stores in nearby Kearny.
—Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookkeeper. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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