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
As electronic calculators became widespread, many accountants, financial analysts and bookkeepers worried their jobs would be obsolete.
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Dan Sorensen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Dan Sorensen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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Why are elementary-school children ever issued recorders?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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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
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After a nationwide search, see who USA TODAY reporter Erin Jensen picked for her Valentine’s Day date.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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While this was playing out, Musk was also attacking Katherine Long, the Journal reporter who scooped Elez’s racist posts, on X.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2025
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The White House is considering an executive order that would tell the education secretary to slash the department as far as possible and urge Congress to fully terminate it.—
Bianca Vázquez Toness,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Richard Danzig, secretary of the Navy during the Clinton administration, has long warned that old-school bureaucracies within the Defense Department reflexively fight basic reforms on procurement in favor of continuing to buy expensive weapons designed for U.S. needs in the 20th century.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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The archivist of the United States, who oversees the National Archives and Records Administration, is typically an apolitical role that receives little attention.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Xavier University archivist Lester Sullivan sent it to OperaCréole founder and artistic director Givonna Joseph a year later.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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 22 Feb. 2025.
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