bookkeepingn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbʊ(k)ˌkipɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., keeping n.

Etymology: < book n. + keeping n., after to keep books at keep v. 18. Compare earlier bookkeeper n. and later bookkeep v.

The activity or occupation of keeping accounts or other records of the financial affairs of a trader, public office, etc.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping

bookkeeping1635

1635 R. Dafforne Merchants Mirrour Ep. Ded. sig. a5 A Merchant must governe his Bookes as the Circumstances of his Trafficke requireth. True it is, the ground-knowledge of Book-keeping is in it selfe the same.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2480/4 Merchants..who desire to be accomplish'd with the Famous Art of Book-keeping.

1760 C. Allen Polite Lady vi. 15 You ought..to be a complete mistress of the four simple rules of arithmetic, the rule of proportion, and a plain method of book-keeping.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited v. 82 What is poetry to one, may be book-keeping to another.

1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. iii. 95 An introduction to book-keeping by single and double entry.

1920 Pop. Sci. Oct. 101/1 The Accountancy expert is capable of improving his employer's system of bookkeeping and cost accounting.

1977 D. Jacobson Confessions of Josef Baisz ii. 16 I acquired the rudiments of book-keeping and office routines.

2005 F. Prose Changed Man 104 My dad got reamed by the IRS for some bookkeeping screwup when he tried to start that pathetic electric business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookkeeping
释义	bookkeepingn. Brit. /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbʊ(k)ˌkipɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., keeping n. Etymology: < book n. + keeping n., after to keep books at keep v. 18. Compare earlier bookkeeper n. and later bookkeep v. The activity or occupation of keeping accounts or other records of the financial affairs of a trader, public office, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > book-keeping bookkeeping1635 1635 R. Dafforne Merchants Mirrour Ep. Ded. sig. a5 A Merchant must governe his Bookes as the Circumstances of his Trafficke requireth. True it is, the ground-knowledge of Book-keeping is in it selfe the same. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2480/4 Merchants..who desire to be accomplish'd with the Famous Art of Book-keeping. 1760 C. Allen Polite Lady vi. 15 You ought..to be a complete mistress of the four simple rules of arithmetic, the rule of proportion, and a plain method of book-keeping. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited v. 82 What is poetry to one, may be book-keeping to another. 1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. iii. 95 An introduction to book-keeping by single and double entry. 1920 Pop. Sci. Oct. 101/1 The Accountancy expert is capable of improving his employer's system of bookkeeping and cost accounting. 1977 D. Jacobson Confessions of Josef Baisz ii. 16 I acquired the rudiments of book-keeping and office routines. 2005 F. Prose Changed Man 104 My dad got reamed by the IRS for some bookkeeping screwup when he tried to start that pathetic electric business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1635
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