as in recorder
a person whose job is to keep the financial records for a business
questioned the bookkeeper about an entry in the accounts
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Recent Examples of bookkeeper
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.
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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
Contrary to expectations, the three boys enjoy a wholesome home life, even with their intimate connections to crime, as their mother (Emily Meade) is a bookkeeper for the mob.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
Contrary to expectations, the three boys enjoy a wholesome home life, even with their intimate connections to crime, as their mother (Emily Meade) is a bookkeeper for the mob.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
Noun
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Officials had recovered the flight's data recorders from the wreckage and were releasing information.—
Joohee Cho,
ABC News,
30 Dec. 2024
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The roles of Maricopa County sheriff and Maricopa County recorder went to Republicans Jerry Sheridan and Justin Heap.—
Amanda Luberto,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City Star Natalie Wallington was a reporter on The Star’s service journalism team with a focus on policy, labor, sustainability and local utilities from fall 2021 until early 2025.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Senate confirmation hearings for several of Trump’s Cabinet nominees were also disheartening, particularly the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing for Pete Hegseth to be the secretary of defense.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Six people cycled through as homeland security secretary during Trump’s first four years in office.—
Associated Pess,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
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Activists gathered outside the National Archives to celebrate President Biden’s statement and call on the archivist to take action.—
Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Jan. 2025
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The executive branch doesn't have a direct role in the amendment process, and Biden is not going to order the archivist to certify and publish the ERA, the White House told reporters on a conference call.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2025
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These expenses primarily consisted of audit fees, stock and registrar fees, and other professional fees.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
5 Dec. 2024
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The county registrar of voters certified the election results on Tuesday, and the OC Board of Supervisors officially received and filed the results on Wednesday, Dec. 4.—
Destiny Torres,
Orange County Register,
5 Dec. 2024
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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