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
Boise resident Jennifer Johnson has two children and works two jobs — running a business for children with disabilities and as a part-time bookkeeper.
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
Kay worked at Falls Medical Center until her retirement, and most recently as a bookkeeper at Thunderbird Lodge until earlier this spring.
—Tammie Calder, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The future first lady helped her husband with the business by working as a bookkeeper for the farm.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 29 Dec. 2024
Five months in, the Covid-19 pandemic arrived and the business let go of roughly 90 part-time employees, keeping just the co-CEOs, a bookkeeper and their resident slime-maker.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
Kay worked at Falls Medical Center until her retirement, and most recently as a bookkeeper at Thunderbird Lodge until earlier this spring.
—Tammie Calder, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The future first lady helped her husband with the business by working as a bookkeeper for the farm.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 29 Dec. 2024
Five months in, the Covid-19 pandemic arrived and the business let go of roughly 90 part-time employees, keeping just the co-CEOs, a bookkeeper and their resident slime-maker.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookkeeper
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Tina Peters served as the clerk and recorder of Mesa County – the official responsible for running the county’s elections.—
Mike Davis,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
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Of 18 county departments, only the recorder now has a smaller staff — 27 employees, down from 27.5.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1755 Marcus D. Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Elk Grove reporter.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Mar. 2025
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Each inmate put to death using nitrogen in Alabama has appeared to shake and gasp to varying degrees during their executions, according to media witnesses, including a reporter form The Associated Press.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2025
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And the defense secretary forcefully denied sharing classified airstrike plans in a group chat − and attacked the journalist who received them.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Kennedy's appointment as secretary of Health and Human Services has been met with simultaneous praise and skepticism based on his many beliefs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Marta González de la Rubia, an archivist at Loewe who gave me a tour of the facility, told me that in the company’s early decades the retention of samples had been haphazard, and that this was especially true with the company’s packaging.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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In the near future, digital archivist Sara Hussein is returning home to Los Angeles after a work trip when she’s pulled aside by agents from an organization called the Risk Assessment Administration.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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And mandatory mail voting in the 2020 general election helped hasten the shift away from in-person voting— a shift that Cynthia Paes, the county registrar of voters, notes was already well underway.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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December Richmond's registrar resigned after months of misconduct allegations, Hotel Petersburg opened, and Youngkin invited Trump staffers to move to Virginia.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
23 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly pointing a BB gun at a clerk during a robbery at a Southington AutoZone.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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Tina Peters served as the clerk and recorder of Mesa County – the official responsible for running the county’s elections.—
Mike Davis,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Bookkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookkeeper. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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