Synonyms for bookkeeper


Grammar : Noun
Spell : boo k-kee-ping
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊkˌki pɪŋ


Définition of bookkeeper

Origin :
  • also book-keeper, 1550s, from book (n.) + keeper. A rare English word with three consecutive double letters. Related: Bookkeeping, which is from 1680s in the sense "the work of keeping account books;" book-keep (v.) is a back-formation from 1886.
  • noun accountant
Example sentences :
  • Yes, he had given up his place as bookkeeper at Bassett's store.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • I found that, later on, I should be expected to combine the work of teller with that of bookkeeper.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Albert was inclined to resent the qualified strain in the bookkeeper's praise.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • You're bookkeeper for me, ain't you; for this concern right here where you are?
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • "I am a bookkeeper, and an all-round office man," added the sick man.
  • Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • Being a poor man he was working for wages as a bookkeeper in a store.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
  • He had spoken to only two persons,—Jenkins, his bookkeeper, and one other.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • He had not been upstairs in years, and his first impulse was to send his bookkeeper, when he should appear.
  • Extract from : « Christmas » by Zona Gale
  • He had asked his bookkeeper to meet him there, but the man had not yet arrived.
  • Extract from : « Christmas » by Zona Gale
  • It was his bookkeeper, with his wife and two partly grown208 daughters.
  • Extract from : « Christmas » by Zona Gale

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