bookkeeping
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
bookkeeping
- /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/
noun bookkeepings · book-keeping · book keeping
- The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
-
General tasks for maintaining a system.
Similar: housekeeping
verb book-keeping · book keeping
- present participle and gerund of bookkeep
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: clerking, accounting, accountancy, recordkeeping, accountant, books, ledger, book-keeping, record-keeping, book, accounts, book account, financial accounting, tax accounting, accounting cost, business record
Translations
Every language
noun skill of keeping records of financial transactions
| Español | contabilidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 簿記 boki |
| 中文 | 記帳 /记帐 jìzhàng, 簿記 /簿记 bùjì |
| Kiswahili | uwekaji hesabu |
| Português | escrituração |
| Français | comptabilité |
| Deutsch | Buchhaltung |
| Italiano | contabilità |
| Ελληνικά | λογιστική logistikí, καταστιχογραφία katastichografía |
| Română | contabilitate |
| Русский | бухгалте́рия buxgaltérija, счетово́дство sčetovódstvo, бухга́лтерский учёт buxgálterskij učót |
Talk about this word "bookkeeping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bookkeeping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bookkeeping. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bookkeeping "bookkeeping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bookkeeping.Cite this
@misc{bookkeeping_2026,
title = {bookkeeping},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bookkeeping},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
