bookkeeping

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/ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/

noun

The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.

Similar
housekeepingclerking
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Meanings

nounbookkeeping (usually uncountable, plural bookkeepings)

plural bookkeepings · alternative book-keeping · alternative book keeping

  1. uncountableusuallyaccountingThe skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
  2. uncountableusuallycomputingGeneral tasks for maintaining a system.

    Synonyms: housekeeping

verb

alternative book-keeping · alternative book keeping

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bookkeep

Synonyms & antonyms

nounGeneral tasks for maintaining a system.

Similar
housekeeping

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe activity of recording business transactions

Similar
clerking
Broader
accountancyaccounting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian водене на книги, водене на сметки
  • водене на книги (vodene na knigi)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • водене на сметки (vodene na smetki)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Chinese Mandarin 記帳 /记帐, 簿記 /簿记
  • 記帳 /记帐 (jìzhàng)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • 簿記 /簿记 (bùjì)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Finnish kirjanpito
  • kirjanpitoskill of keeping records of financial transactions
French comptabilité
  • comptabilitéskill of keeping records of financial transactions
German Buchhaltung
  • Buchhaltungskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Greek λογιστική, καταστιχογραφία
  • λογιστική (logistikí)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • καταστιχογραφία (katastichografía)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Hungarian könyvelés, könyvvitel
  • könyvelésskill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • könyvvitelskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Indonesian pembukuan
  • pembukuanskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Italian contabilità
  • contabilitàskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Japanese 簿記
  • 簿記 (boki)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Polish księgowość
  • księgowośćskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Portuguese escrituração
  • escrituraçãoskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Romanian contabilitate
  • contabilitateskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Russian бухгалте́рия, счетово́дство
  • бухгалте́рия (buxgaltérija)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • счетово́дство (sčetovódstvo)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • бухга́лтерский учёт (buxgálterskij učót)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Spanish contabilidad
  • contabilidadskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Swahili uwekaji hesabu
  • uwekaji hesabuskill of keeping records of financial transactions
Ukrainian бухгалте́рія, бухо́блік
  • бухгалте́рія (buxhaltérija)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • бухо́блік (buxóblik)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
  • бухгалтерський о́блік (buxhaltersʹkyj óblik)skill of keeping records of financial transactions
Cite this entry
APA

bookkeeping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookkeeping

MLA

“bookkeeping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookkeeping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookkeeping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookkeeping.

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