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
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.
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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
Contrary to expectations, the three boys enjoy a wholesome home life, even with their intimate connections to crime, as their mother (Emily Meade) is a bookkeeper for the mob.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
Contrary to expectations, the three boys enjoy a wholesome home life, even with their intimate connections to crime, as their mother (Emily Meade) is a bookkeeper for the mob.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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Officials had recovered the flight's data recorders from the wreckage and were releasing information.—
Joohee Cho,
ABC News,
30 Dec. 2024
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The roles of Maricopa County sheriff and Maricopa County recorder went to Republicans Jerry Sheridan and Justin Heap.—
Amanda Luberto,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Nov. 2024
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Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City Star Natalie Wallington was a reporter on The Star’s service journalism team with a focus on policy, labor, sustainability and local utilities from fall 2021 until early 2025.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Senate confirmation hearings for several of Trump’s Cabinet nominees were also disheartening, particularly the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing for Pete Hegseth to be the secretary of defense.—
John T. Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Senate Votes To Confirm Pete Hegseth As Defense Secretary By Sonam Sheth Evening Politics Editor 111 Pete Hegseth eked out a victory Friday night when Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote to deliver him enough votes in the Senate to become the next secretary of defense.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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The effort sent Coca-Cola creative executives and archivists scrambling to find the appropriate designs, packaging materials and promotions so that every time period in the store looked just right.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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However, Biden is not going to direct the archivist to add it to the Constitution.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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The county registrar of voters certified the election results on Tuesday, and the OC Board of Supervisors officially received and filed the results on Wednesday, Dec. 4.—
Destiny Torres,
Orange County Register,
5 Dec. 2024
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These expenses primarily consisted of audit fees, stock and registrar fees, and other professional fees.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
5 Dec. 2024
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No attorney information was available on the county clerk’s website.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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And only 43 of Mississippi’s 82 chancery court clerks submitted data during the same period, despite a law from 2023 that required the courts to report psychiatric commitment data to the state.—
Gwen Dilworth,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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