Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BOOKKEEPING
bookkeeping, clerking
(noun) the activity of recording business transactions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bookkeeping (usually uncountable, plural bookkeepings)
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
Verb
bookkeeping
present participle of bookkeep
Source: Wiktionary
Book"keep`ing, n.
Definition: The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping 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 carrying the record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a single account.
– Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which two entries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to the Dr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., or right hand, side of a corresponding account, in order thaItalian method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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