单词 | bookkeeping |
释义 | bookkeeping (once / 6900 pages) n Bookkeeping is keeping track of a business's financial transactions. Most bookkeeping these days happens on computers rather than in actual books. The activity of keeping your own financial records and the job of doing the same thing for a company are both considered bookkeeping. Some people teach themselves basic bookkeeping and others hire experts to do it for them. The word bookkeeping comes from the sense of book that means "record" or "written document," and it has the distinction of being one of very few words in English with three consecutive double letters. WORD FAMILYbookkeeping USAGE EXAMPLESHis father, a veterinarian who does his own accounting, even offered to help Kevin with the bookkeeping. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The Bears own the worst 15-game record in franchise bookkeeping. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Logan County prosecutors began investigating the former Sterling Fire Department chief when city officials contacted them about bookkeeping irregularities and missing firefighting equipment. Washington Times(Nov 22, 2016) n the activity of recording business transactions Syn|Hypo|Hyper clerking single entry, single-entry bookkeeping a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account double entry, double-entry bookkeepingbookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another accountancy, accounting the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
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