household accounts
Domestic expense records
Household accounts are the financial records of a family's income and expenses—the tracking of money coming in and going out.
Keeping household accounts means recording purchases, bills, and earnings to manage a domestic budget: She balanced the household accounts every Sunday evening.
The term sounds somewhat old-fashioned, evoking ledger books and careful bookkeeping.
- budgetPlan for spending
- bill payingDischarging monetary obligations
- expensesMoney spent on things
- living expensesCost of daily life
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
bills · ledger · balancing the books · receipts · spending · savings · rainy day fund · checkbook · finances · income · payments · utilities · rent · mortgage · groceries · balance · debt · bookkeeping
household accountsbusiness accounts
Financial records for enterprises
government accounts · national budget · state treasury · public accounts · municipal budget
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