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bookkeeper

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/
  • UK: /bʌʔˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/
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  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B UH1 K K IY2 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: accounting, business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bookseller

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who records the transactions of a business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accountant, comptroller, controller

History

Etymology

From book + keeper.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُحَاسِب (muḥāsib) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Arabic: مُحَاسِبَة (muḥāsiba) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Bulgarian: счетоводи́тел (sčetovodítel) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Bulgarian: счетоводи́телка (sčetovodítelka) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簿記員 /簿记员 (bùjìyuán) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Chinese Mandarin: 会计 (kuàijì) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會計 /会计 (kuàijì) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Danish: bogholder — person responsible for keeping records
  • Dutch: boekhouder — person responsible for keeping records
  • Esperanto: libro-tenisto — person responsible for keeping records
  • Esperanto: kontisto — person responsible for keeping records
  • Estonian: raamatupidaja — person responsible for keeping records
  • Finnish: kirjuri — person responsible for keeping records
  • Finnish: kirjanpitäjä — person responsible for keeping records
  • French: comptable — person responsible for keeping records
  • German: Buchhalter — person responsible for keeping records
  • German: Buchhalterin — person responsible for keeping records
  • Greek: λογιστής (logistís) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Greek: καταστιχογράφος (katastichográfos) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Hebrew: מְנַהֵל חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת — person responsible for keeping records
  • Hungarian: könyvelő — person responsible for keeping records
  • Hungarian: könyvelőnő — person responsible for keeping records
  • Latin: tabulārius — person responsible for keeping records
  • Latin: ratiōcinātor — person responsible for keeping records
  • Latin: perscriptor — person responsible for keeping records
  • Macedonian: книговодител (knigovoditel) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Macedonian: книговодителка (knigovoditelka) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Malayalam: കണക്കപ്പിള്ള (kaṇakkappiḷḷa) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bokholder — person responsible for keeping records
  • Plautdietsch: Buakfiera — person responsible for keeping records
  • Polish: księgowy — person responsible for keeping records
  • Polish: księgowa — person responsible for keeping records
  • Portuguese: contabilista — person responsible for keeping records
  • Portuguese: guarda-livros — person responsible for keeping records
  • Romanian: contabil — person responsible for keeping records
  • Russian: бухга́лтер (buxgálter) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Russian: бухга́лтерша (buxgálterša) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Russian: счетово́д (sčetovód) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Russian: счетово́дка (sčetovódka) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Swahili: mweka hesabu — person responsible for keeping records
  • Swedish: bokhållare — person responsible for keeping records
  • Ottoman Turkish: روزنامهجی (ruznameci) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Ukrainian: бухга́лтер (buxhálter) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Ukrainian: бухга́лтерка (buxhálterka) — person responsible for keeping records
  • Volapük: bukädan — person responsible for keeping records
  • Volapük: hibukädan — person responsible for keeping records
  • Volapük: jibukädan — person responsible for keeping records
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