Bookkeeping

[Sarah]

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in aregular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to eachother, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art ofkeeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook,journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger.Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carryingthe record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a singleaccount.-- Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which twoentries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to theDr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., orright hand, side of a corresponding account, in order thaItalianmethod.

[Gregory]

the job or activity of keeping an exact record of the money that has been spent or received by a business or other organization

[Britney]

The activity or occupation of keeping records of the financial affairs of a business.