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book-keeping

book-keeping is the alternative spelling of bookkeeping.

Meaning of bookkeeping

Noun

bookkeeping (usually uncountable, plural bookkeepings)

  1. (usually) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
  2. (usually) General tasks for maintaining a system.
    Synonyms:
    housekeeping

Questions about book-keeping

What is book-keeping the alternative spelling of?
Book-keeping is the alternative spelling of bookkeeping.

Words near book-keeping in the dictionary

  1. book-hunting
  2. book-hunts
  3. book-keep
  4. book-keeper
  5. book-keepers
  6. book-keeping
  7. book-knowledge
  8. book-learned
  9. book-learnedness
  10. book-learning
  11. book-length

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Adapted from Wiktionary: book-keeping (page history and authors); bookkeeping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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