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noun Bookkeeping.
a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
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Origin of double entry
First recorded in 1715–25
OTHER WORDS FROM double entry
double-entry, adjectiveWords nearby double entry
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British Dictionary definitions for double entry
double entry
noun
- a book-keeping system in which any commercial transaction is entered as a debit in one account and as a credit in anotherCompare single entry
- (as modifier)double-entry book-keeping
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