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# bookkeeping

noun (bookkeeping, uncountable); bookkeeper (a person)

«bookkeeping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The job of keeping records of money that a business or person spends and earns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#m1)
2. Keeping careful written records of anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and money lessons: bookkeeping means writing down income and costs to see the profit. In business and everyday life: a shop's bookkeeping. Phrase: do the bookkeeping, careful bookkeeping.

### Examples

- Mum does the bookkeeping for her bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x1)
- Good bookkeeping shows how much money came in and went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x2)
- The class practised bookkeeping for the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x3)
- Bookkeeping helps a business pay its taxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x4)
- He learned bookkeeping at college. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x5)
- Careful bookkeeping showed they had made a profit of 50 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/#x6)

### Note

Rare spelling: three double letters in a row: b-oo-kk-ee-ping. Uncountable. Related to accounting, but bookkeeping is the recording; accounting also explains the numbers. In maths problems, bookkeeping means adding up money in and taking away money out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bookkeeping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bookkeeping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bookkeeping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bookkeeping.html) on Mova free.