"accounting machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: accounting machines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} accounting machine (plural accounting machines)
  1. (accounting, computing, dated) A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals. Wikipedia link: accounting machine Tags: dated Categories (topical): Accounting, Computing Synonyms: bookkeeping machine, recording-adder Related terms: ledger machine, tabulating machine, unit record equipment

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