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single entry EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Bookkeeping. an item noted only once. a simple accounting system noting only amounts owed by and due to a business. Liberaldictionary.com
Compare double entry. Origin of single entry First recorded in 1820–30 Related formssin·gle-en·try, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single entry Historical Examples of single entry
In single-entry matches no entry shall be made after the firing begins if any participant objects.
The Modern American Pistol and Revolver
A. C. Gould
It was to avoid this obvious weakness of single-entry that the system of double-entry was evolved.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2
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Like single-entry bookkeeping, such records are no more than mere memoranda.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration v. 2
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British Dictionary definitions for single entry single entry noun
- a simple book-keeping system in which transactions are entered in one account onlyCompare double entry
- (as modifier)a single-entry account
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