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BOOKKEEPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bookkeeper mean?
• BOOKKEEPER (noun)
The noun BOOKKEEPER has 1 sense:
1. someone who records the transactions of a business
Familiarity information: BOOKKEEPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who records the transactions of a business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bookkeeper" is a kind of...):
accountant; comptroller; controller (someone who maintains and audits business accounts)
Context examples
With the good sense and sturdy independence that characterized him, he refused Mr. Laurence's more generous offers, and accepted the place of bookkeeper, feeling better satisfied to begin with an honestly earned salary than by running any risks with borrowed money.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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