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
A lot of startups have no bookkeeper, CFO, or finance team.
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Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
Valorie Moser, a former bookkeeper, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Haggard was fiddling on the new strings when Marian, Dad’s mother, who’d taken over as the store’s bookkeeper, walked by.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 6 Oct. 2025
Valorie Moser, a former bookkeeper, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Allocate 10% to 15% of monthly revenue for delegation, focusing on virtual assistants, bookkeepers and content creators first.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Haggard was fiddling on the new strings when Marian, Dad’s mother, who’d taken over as the store’s bookkeeper, walked by.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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The change would make the at-large races function more similarly to the races for mayor or clerk and recorder, both of which are citywide and require a majority vote, with a runoff if necessary.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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Simpson—a photographer, a jewelry designer, and a writer—is, at base, a recorder of fashion.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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For years, Wilson has been asked the same questions, either by reporters or friends back in Ontario.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press reporters Tim Reynolds in Miami, David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 1977, Rosalynn Carter started the tradition of the office of the first lady being located in the wing, alongside the social secretary.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As health secretary, Kennedy has pledged to remove fluoride from municipal water, which, over decades, has proven safe and highly effective at preventing tooth decay in children.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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Co-curator and Ruocco archivist Todd Pitman provided us with truly remarkable color film footage — now digitized — of the Design Center site and building under construction in 1949.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Their story lines are connected by the Talamasca, a secret society that keeps tabs on the world’s vampires, witches, ghosts, and demons, like archivists and librarians trained in combat and engaged in spycraft.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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Taylor, then the deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, was played in the film by English actor Lee Ingleby.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bae’s ruling addressed several of the core issues raised by the city — among them Simonds’ secondary review of the signatures and ability to overrule the registrar of voters’ determination — and concluded in favor of the Association for the City of La Jolla.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Davis asks her clerk to print out a map.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Law clerk Jason Treul, 32, of Anaheim, California, was sent home.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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