bookkeeper

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 Officers didn’t believe him until Walter led them to the apartment of Blanche Cousin, a pretty bookkeeper from Idaho. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025 Valorie Moser, a former bookkeeper, is scheduled to be sentenced a few days after Pratt. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025 Yale’s bookkeeper was employed until the end of 2024 and kept financial records in accordance with standard accounting practices. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 June 2025 After Vito was fired by the alarm company she was employed as a bookkeeper at a law firm in Hartford. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookkeeper
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Noun
  • Tim Stringham is a Democratic veteran who ran unsuccessfully for Maricopa County recorder last year after spending 16 years in the Army and Navy, leaving active duty in 2022.
    Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 7 July 2025
  • The Lexus would hit a top speed of 81 mph, according to an electronic data recorder in the vehicle.
    Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Speaking to reporters on Sunday after attending the FIFA Club World Cup final, Trump was asked about a bill recently introduced by Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, which would eliminate federal capital gains tax on the sale of primary residences.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
  • Collins showed reporters a 1992 rescission message from President George H.W. Bush as an example of how such proposals should be detailed—comparing it unfavorably to the Trump Administration’s request.
    Nik Popli, Time, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • There are currently 23 residents at Chippewa Falls and 16 residents at Green Bay, said Joey Hoey, the deputy secretary of the WDVA.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
  • The King’s communications secretary, Tobyn Andreae, the King’s communications secretary and Liam Maguire, who runs the Sussexes’ PR team in the UK were also present.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 14 July 2025
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  • The museum’s Archive Center began developing the exhibition around 2021, and the collaboration included head archivist Emily Moazami, reference archivist Nathan Sowry and processing archivist Rachel Menyuk.
    Nathan Pugh, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Hiding in plain sight Former Cambridge archivist Sian Collins first spotted the manuscript fragment in 2019 while recataloging estate records from Huntingfield Manor, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham, in Suffolk, England.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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  • The registrar plans to complete the initial feedback process in the first week of August, Page said.
    Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 11 July 2025
  • His office would contact the Orange County district attorney or California secretary of state if it is provided evidence of someone illegally registering to vote, the registrar said.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The city clerk’s responsibilities include attending all City Council meetings, taking meeting minutes and signing official documents, according to the city’s news release.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • The 1,300-member Judicial Professional Employees Union, which represents probation officers, information technology analysts, assistant clerks, counselors and other support staff, announced an impasse July 2.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2025

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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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