bookkeeping
part of speech
noun (bookkeeping, uncountable); bookkeeper (a person)
meaning for a pupil
1) The job of keeping records of money that a business or person spends and earns. tree →
2) Keeping careful written records of anything. tree →
sense 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 →
- Good bookkeeping shows how much money came in and went out. tree →
- The class practised bookkeeping for the school fair. tree →
- Bookkeeping helps a business pay its taxes. tree →
- He learned bookkeeping at college. tree →
- Careful bookkeeping showed they had made a profit of 50 dollars. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
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