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book-keep

book-keep verb: to do bookkeeping.

Verb

book-keep (third-person singular simple present book-keeps, present participle book-keeping, simple past and past participle book-kept)

  1. To do bookkeeping.
    Synonyms:
    keep books

Synonyms of book-keep

  • keep books

Forms of book-keep

third-person singular presentbook-keeps
present participlebook-keeping
past participlebook-kept
pastbook-kept
alternative formbookkeep

Questions about book-keep

What does book-keep mean?
Book-keep means to do bookkeeping.
What part of speech is book-keep?
Book-keep is a verb.
What is the past tense of book-keep?
The past tense of book-keep is book-kept.

Words near book-keep in the dictionary

  1. book-holders
  2. book-hunt
  3. book-hunted
  4. book-hunting
  5. book-hunts
  6. book-keep
  7. book-keeper
  8. book-keepers
  9. book-keeping
  10. book-knowledge
  11. book-learned

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