Definition of "bookkeeper" []

• A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business. (noun)

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• "Like the fact that the word "bookkeeper" is the only word in the English language with three sets of double letters...what is that called?"
• "Certainly -- we joke about the "border upgrade," where someone who was a bookkeeper is now an accountant, and the head of accounting at a small company is now Chief Financial Officer of a much bigger company, and the AA degree becomes a BA or MBA."
• "Some people use the terms bookkeeper and accountant interchangeably, but that is not technically correct."