entry : Idioms & Phrases

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accounting entry

  • noun a written record of a commercial transaction
    entry; accounting entry.
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adjusting entry

  • noun an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods
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Bill of entry

  • noun a list of goods received at a customhouse for export or import
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  • a written account of goods entered at the customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
Webster 1913

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 tha the one entry may check the other; sometimes called, from the place of its origin, the Italian method.
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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.
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credit entry

  • noun an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
    credit.
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debit entry

  • noun an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
    debit.
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dictionary entry

  • noun the entry in a dictionary of information about a word
    dictionary entry.
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Double entry

  • noun bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
    double entry.
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  • . See under Bookkeeping.
Webster 1913

Double entry, Single entry

  • . See Bookkeeping.
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double-entry bookkeeping

  • noun bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
    double entry.
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Entry clerk

  • (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business.
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entry word

  • noun the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
    citation form; entry word.
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Forcible entry and detainer

  • (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.
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ledger entry

  • noun a written record of a commercial transaction
    entry; accounting entry.
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lexical entry

  • noun the entry in a dictionary of information about a word
    dictionary entry.
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main entry word

  • noun the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
    citation form; entry word.
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notebook entry

  • noun an entry in a notebook
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point of entry

  • noun a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
    point of entry.
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Port of entry

  • noun a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise
    point of entry.
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  • a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise.
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right of entry

  • noun the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner
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right of re-entry

  • noun the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
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Single entry

  • noun a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account
    single entry.
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  • . See under Bookkeeping.
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single-entry bookkeeping

  • noun a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account
    single entry.
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Writ of entry

  • (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession.
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