single entry

nounBookkeeping.

an item noted only once.
a simple accounting system noting only amounts owed by and due to a business.

Origin of single entry

First recorded in 1820–30

Other words from single entry

single-entry, adjective

Compare double entry.

Words Nearby single entry

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How to use single entry in a sentence

But I'll keep the British invasion to a single entry you may not have heard of: House of Cards.
The Best TV Shows for Smart People | Vince Gilligan | August 18, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
The two have been merged into a single entry in the correct place.
The Student's Mythology | Catherine Ann White
Now three or four such entries would certainly set the matter at rest; but a single entry can not.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
I telled him that I should think that a single entry would be as many times as such a debt as ours ought to be chalked down.
Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia | Seba Smith
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

Firstly, it is neither safe nor legitimate to make general inferences from a single entry in Domesday.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries | J.H. Round

British Dictionary definitions for single entry

single entry

noun

- a simple book-keeping system in which transactions are entered in one account only: Compare double entry
- (as modifier): a single-entry account

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