bookkeepern.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkˌkiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈbʊ(k)ˌkipər/

Forms: see book n. and keeper n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., keeper n.

Etymology: < book n. + keeper n., after to keep books at keep v. 18. Compare later bookkeeping n., bookkeep v.

1. A person who keeps records of the financial affairs of a trader, public office, etc.; an accountant.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > book-keeper

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1555 Act 2 & 3 Philip & Mary vii. §4 The parties to the bargaine..shall come to the open place appointed for the toll taker, or for the booke keeper..and there enter..their names..in the toll takers book.

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies x. 75 If a Booke-keeper, he may..improve his owne meanes by change of a figure.

1697 in Colonial Rec. N. Carolina (1886) I. 486 Ordered that James ffuget boockeper give credit for y^e Said Sum.

1746 Rules 10 in Charter Brit. Linen Company That there be in the Warehouse a Person who shall be called the Company's Book-keeper and Accomptant.

1773 J. Rowe Diary 11 May in Lett. & Diary (1903) 243 My Old Bookeeper James Perkins was buried this afternoon.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 77 Melancholy ghosts of departed book-keepers, who had fallen dead at the desk.

1889 Harper's Mag. July 241/1 The clerk, the salesman, the book-keeper.

1916 W. A. Du Puy Uncle Sam xi. 217 The disappearance of the bookkeeper, Robert Tollman, fixed attention on him.

2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Nov. 80/2 From a business point of view, we've got a fantastic financial controller and book-keeper.

†2. A person who hoards books. Obsolete. rare.Sometimes with humorous allusion to sense 1.

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society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [noun] > person > hoarder of books

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1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Book-keeper, one who never returns borrowed books.

1833 Humourist's Own Bk. 46 Sir Walter, in lending a book one day to a friend, cautioned him to be punctual in returning it... ‘For though many of my friends are bad arithmeticians, I observe almost all of them to be good book-keepers.’

1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 828/1 The old-fashioned book-keeper, who fears his precious books will be hurt by using.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookkeeper
释义	bookkeepern. Brit. /ˈbʊkˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈbʊ(k)ˌkipər/ Forms: see book n. and keeper n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., keeper n. Etymology: < book n. + keeper n., after to keep books at keep v. 18. Compare later bookkeeping n., bookkeep v. 1. A person who keeps records of the financial affairs of a trader, public office, etc.; an accountant. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeper of accounts > book-keeper breverc1475 bookkeeper1555 booker1883 ledger-clerk1887 1555 Act 2 & 3 Philip & Mary vii. §4 The parties to the bargaine..shall come to the open place appointed for the toll taker, or for the booke keeper..and there enter..their names..in the toll takers book. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies x. 75 If a Booke-keeper, he may..improve his owne meanes by change of a figure. 1697 in Colonial Rec. N. Carolina (1886) I. 486 Ordered that James ffuget boockeper give credit for y^e Said Sum. 1746 Rules 10 in Charter Brit. Linen Company That there be in the Warehouse a Person who shall be called the Company's Book-keeper and Accomptant. 1773 J. Rowe Diary 11 May in Lett. & Diary (1903) 243 My Old Bookeeper James Perkins was buried this afternoon. 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. iii. 77 Melancholy ghosts of departed book-keepers, who had fallen dead at the desk. 1889 Harper's Mag. July 241/1 The clerk, the salesman, the book-keeper. 1916 W. A. Du Puy Uncle Sam xi. 217 The disappearance of the bookkeeper, Robert Tollman, fixed attention on him. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 20 Nov. 80/2 From a business point of view, we've got a fantastic financial controller and book-keeper. †2. A person who hoards books. Obsolete. rare.Sometimes with humorous allusion to sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > bibliophily or bibliomania > [noun] > person > hoarder of books bookkeeper1788 bibliotaph1823 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Book-keeper, one who never returns borrowed books. 1833 Humourist's Own Bk. 46 Sir Walter, in lending a book one day to a friend, cautioned him to be punctual in returning it... ‘For though many of my friends are bad arithmeticians, I observe almost all of them to be good book-keepers.’ 1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 828/1 The old-fashioned book-keeper, who fears his precious books will be hurt by using. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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