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  • noun Alternative spelling of bookkeeping.

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Examples

  • The lovely thing is that we discover that talking about the symmetries of a physical system and talking about what kind of ‘book-keeping’ that system uses are in an important sense both just different ways of saying the same thing.

    Emmy Noether – Ada Lovelace Day! 2009

  • We all have an intuitive notion that, during physical interactions, there is a certain amount of book-keeping going on.

    Emmy Noether – Ada Lovelace Day! 2009

  • The lovely thing is that we discover that talking about the symmetries of a physical system and talking about what kind of ‘book-keeping’ that system uses are in an important sense both just different ways of saying the same thing.

    Emmy Noether - Ada Lovelace Day! 2009

  • About two months ago Tui, best known in Britain for its Thomson and First Choice brands, told investors it had discovered a £117m book-keeping black hole in its UK operations that had built up over at least four years.

    Directors at error-hit Tui get £4.9m in bonuses 2011

  • We all have an intuitive notion that, during physical interactions, there is a certain amount of book-keeping going on.

    Emmy Noether - Ada Lovelace Day! 2009

  • We talk about planning, marketing, costumer service, some basic book-keeping … gripping stuff like that.

    Me, a teacher? hehehe. Kate Fleurange 2009

  • This report didn't address book-keeping practices.

    Agency Blames Massey for Fatal Mine Disaster Kris Maher 2011

  • This report didn't address book-keeping practices.

    Agency Blames Massey for Fatal Mine Disaster Kris Maher 2011

  • We talk about planning, marketing, costumer service, some basic book-keeping … gripping stuff like that.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Kate Fleurange 2009

  • I watched them perform, but also do their own book-keeping.

    Robyn: Soundtrack of my life Gareth Grundy 2010

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