bookkeeper

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 Giuliani adviser Maria Ryan, his former bookkeeper Ryan Medrano and security aide Michael Ragusa are set to testify about his relocation from New York City to Palm Beach County, Florida, according to court documents. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025 But their mother remained on the mountain, working unpaid for years as a top aide to Mr. and Ms. Li and as a bookkeeper for the dance group. Michael Rothfeld, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Ahead of their proposal to Republicans, Democrats cited estimates released Thursday by the Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers' nonpartisan bookkeeper, that projected a significant jump in the nation's uninsured rate if the ACA credits are allowed to expire. Dan Diamond and Rachel Roubein The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024 As electronic calculators became widespread, many accountants, financial analysts and bookkeepers worried their jobs would be obsolete. Dan Sorensen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bookkeeper
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Noun
  • Why are elementary-school children ever issued recorders?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • While other racing leagues such as Formula One, CART and IRL analyzed each of their serious crashes with scientific data gathered from crash recorders mounted on all their cars, NASCAR recorded no crash data and did no computer modeling.
    Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps the next James Bond could be skilled in the martial arts and marksmanship, heli skiing, deep sea diving, and martinis shaken, not stirred, who is posing as a daring and stylish…news reporter.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Melvin appeared earnestly surprised when reporters took out their phones to post the news to social media.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, told Gov. Kathy Hochul in a letter that the Trump administration planned to rescind federal approval of the tolling program, which was granted by the Biden administration two weeks after the November election.
    James Barron, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Rekha Gupta, a 50-year-old former general secretary of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata party, was appointed as chief minister in the state of New Delhi, according to an announcement by party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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  • The job of digital archivists is a difficult one, especially with a backlog of sites that have existed across the evolution of internet standards.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Still, many argue that even if Biden were to instruct the archivist to sign the amendment, the victory might be short lived.
    Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Find Out the Unique Name She Chose Off a Grave According to the German Personal Status Act, however, registrars must register the name and the gender of the child in the birth register, the Library of Congress Blogs reported.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • California law requires that ballots be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day and arrive at the registrar’s office within a week of the election.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In the few departments that held hearings on Wednesday, attendees reported chaotic and sluggish proceedings, with supervisors filling in for court clerks and at least one judge filling out minute orders by hand.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Clerk of Superior Court Elisa Chinn-Gary should have 249 clerks, the study says.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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