bookkeeping

[ boo k-kee-ping ]

/ ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ /

the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting).

Origin of bookkeeping

First recorded in 1680–90; book + keeping

book·keep·er, noun

accounting bookkeeping finance(s)

The Nazis placed a prisoner as the head of each section under the overall charge of Oskar Stein, an office manager and bookkeeper.

On the Trail of Nazi Counterfeiters |Dr. Kevin C. Ruffner |September 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Expansion favors everyone,” added the 79-year-old Tuscan, who started off as a bookkeeper in a marble firm in 1955.

Mosque-Building Bin Ladens Buy Marble Once Used for Churches |Tom Kington |August 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was the CRP bookkeeper who was actively cooperating with the FBI, and, eventually, with Woodstein.

What Director Alan Pakula’s Papers Reveal About Watergate |Max Holland |June 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I was fielding sales calls, trying to find passwords and other information to help the bookkeeper, going through mounds of papers.

When My Husband Lost His Memory, I Had to Win His Love Anew |Joan Bolzan |December 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

That said, prior to her career in admissions, McCulloh worked as receptionist and bookkeeper at a hair salon in Oxford, England.

Secret Lives of Admissions Officers |Kathleen Kingsbury |December 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He soon demonstrates how valuable he is to the firm by detecting the bookkeeper in a bold attempt to rob his employers.

With the Swamp Fox |James Otis
"A hundred dollars a month," answered the bookkeeper, reluctantly.

Driven From Home |Horatio Alger
He has a bookkeeper's job with Tractions for a month now, and I promised his aunt I would ask how he's comin'.

Torchy, Private Sec. |Sewell Ford
She is the bookkeeper and business manager of the inn, “so long as the summer season lasts,” she said.

Through Scandinavia to Moscow |William Seymour Edwards
"This is Thomas Stanton, your fellow-clerk," said Mr. Pratt, the bookkeeper.

Try and Trust |Horatio Alger