"bookkeeper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/ [UK], /bʌʔˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bookkeeper.wav Forms: bookkeepers [plural]
Etymology: book + keeper Etymology templates: {{compound|en|book|keeper}} book + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} bookkeeper (plural bookkeepers)
  1. (accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business. Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (person responsible for keeping records): مُحَاسِب (muḥāsib) [masculine] (Arabic), مُحَاسِبَة (muḥāsiba) [feminine] (Arabic), счетоводи́тел (sčetovodítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), счетоводи́телка (sčetovodítelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 簿記員 (Chinese Mandarin), 簿记员 (bùjìyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 会计 (kuàijì) (Chinese Mandarin), 會計 (Chinese Mandarin), bogholder [common-gender] (Danish), libro-tenisto [singular] (Esperanto), kontisto [singular] (Esperanto), raamatupidaja (Estonian), kirjuri (Finnish), kirjanpitäjä (Finnish), comptable [feminine, masculine] (French), Buchhalter [masculine] (German), Buchhalterin [feminine] (German), λογιστής (logistís) [masculine] (Greek), καταστιχογράφος (katastichográfos) [masculine] (Greek), מְנַהֵל חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת [masculine] (Hebrew), könyvelő (Hungarian), könyvelőnő [feminine] (Hungarian), tabulārius [masculine] (Latin), ratiōcinātor [masculine] (Latin), perscriptor [masculine] (Latin), книговодител (knigovoditel) [masculine] (Macedonian), книговодителка (knigovoditelka) [feminine] (Macedonian), കണക്കപ്പിള്ള (kaṇakkappiḷḷa) (Malayalam), bokholder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), روزنامهجی (ruznameci) (Ottoman Turkish), Buakfiera [feminine] (Plautdietsch), księgowy [masculine] (Polish), księgowa [feminine] (Polish), contabilista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), guarda-livros [dated, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), contabil [masculine] (Romanian), бухга́лтер (buxgálter) [masculine] (Russian), бухга́лтерша (buxgálterša) [feminine] (Russian), счетово́д (sčetovód) [masculine] (Russian), счетово́дка (sčetovódka) [feminine] (Russian), mweka hesabu (Swahili), bokhållare [common-gender] (Swedish), бухга́лтер (buxhálter) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бухга́лтерка (buxhálterka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bukädan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hibukädan [masculine] (Volapük), jibukädan [feminine] (Volapük)
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  2. A bookseller Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-bookkeeper-en-noun-I8ottBgp Disambiguation of Occupations: 40 60 Disambiguation of People: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accountant, book-keeper Derived forms: bookkeeperess

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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "ruznameci",
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      "word": "روزنامهجی"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Buakfiera"
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "contabilista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guarda-livros"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "contabil"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "buxgálter",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бухга́лтер"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "бухга́лтерша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčetovód",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "счетово́д"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčetovódka",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "счетово́дка"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "word": "mweka hesabu"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bokhållare"
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      "roman": "buxhálter",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "бухга́лтер"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "бухга́лтерка"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "bukädan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hibukädan"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person responsible for keeping records",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jibukädan"
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