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bookkeeping definition - finance
The process of recording financial transactions and maintaining the financial records to support a com-panyÂ’s financial statements. Bookkeeping is only one small part of accounting, which is the overall examination of a companyÂ’s financial results.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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