Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.

    Buchhaltung

    бухгалте́рияbuxgaltérija, счетово́дствоsčetovódstvo, бухга́лтерский учётbuxgálterskij učót

    бухгалте́ріяbuxhaltérija, бухо́блікbuxóblik, бухгалтерський о́блікbuxhaltersʹkyj óblik

  2. (uncountable, usually)General tasks for maintaining a system.

More definitions
  • the activity of recording business transactions

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Can you do bookkeeping?

    Ти вмієш вести бухгалтерію?

    ruТы умеешь вести бухгалтерию?

    deKennst du dich mit Buchhaltung aus?

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  2. Tom adopted our method of bookkeeping.

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  3. Tom learned bookkeeping in prison.

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  4. They have a very involved system of bookkeeping here.

    ruУ них тут очень запутанная система бухгалтерии.

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  5. When the accountant was arrested, rumour had it that it was for his creative bookkeeping.

    ruКогда бухгалтера арестовали, поползли слухи, что причиной этого был его творческий подход к ведению отчётности.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
skill of keeping records of financial transactions:
Русский
By meaning 1
skill of keeping records of financial transactions:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
skill of keeping records of financial transactions:

Forms

plural: bookkeepings

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the activity of recording business transactions:clerking

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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