bookkeeper

noun

Definition of bookkeepernext
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 In one instance, Brunel brought over four girls from the same Brazilian agency to Epstein, according to a deposition given by one of Brunel’s former bookkeepers, Maritza Vazquez. — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 21 May 2026 After Krug died in 1856, Joseph Schlitz, the company's bookkeeper, bought the company and renamed it. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 19 May 2026 Many afternoons after school, Annie worked alongside the agents, bookkeepers, and assistants, doing her homework or helping with the filing. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026 McCauley ran with a slate of board candidates that included Dianna Brooks, a former eight-year administrator and executive bookkeeper in the township office. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bookkeeper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
  1. recorder
  2. reporter
  3. secretary
  4. archivist
  5. registrar
  6. clerk
Noun
  • After that, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which had been monitoring Didulo for months, obtained a search warrant for her home, computer, smartphones, and digital video recorder.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In their grandmother’s home in a small town on the Malabar coast, an audio-recorder draws Meen into a world of traces.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recorder
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  • And that was in the opening statement — before any reporters asked a question.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, also contributed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporter
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  • If the extension isn't granted, that doesn't mean the nearly 207,000 low-income, working-age Arkansans covered by Medicaid expansion would lose coverage altogether, according to department secretary Janet Mann.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The carrier was expected to replace the Lincoln, which the acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, said last week would be returning home soon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of secretary
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  • Before archivists can preserve a record, the record must survive long enough to make it into their hands.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
  • Inside the company's archives, corporate archivist Virginia Angles preserves more than 120 years of Kellogg history, including some of the marketing ideas that helped make the brand a household name.
    — Rachelle Graham, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of archivist
Noun
  • She is survived by her husband, the Democratic registrar of voters in Tolland; their daughters and husbands, Stacey and Steve Papa and Meryl and Bill Baldwin; and grandchildren Kyle, Taylor, Lindsey, Max and Sydney.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Eligible citizens can visit the registrar’s office during business hours before the new deadline to get their candidacy documents, the office said.
    — Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of registrar
Noun
  • But the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions this May and ordered a retrial, saying Colleton County’s then-clerk tainted the first trial with what the defense said was prejudicial comments to the jury.
    — Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh’s conviction for murdering his wife and son earlier this year -- citing jury tampering by the court clerk in the case -- Judge Debra McCaslin scheduled his retrial for April 5, 2027.
    — Janice McDonald, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of clerk

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