single entry

noun

: a method of bookkeeping that recognizes only one side of a business transaction and usually consists only of a record of cash and personal accounts with debtors and creditors

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But the common goal is to create a single entry point for services that have typically been siloed and difficult for patients to navigate, such as mental health care and housing support. Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2024 Not one of you correctly picked J.T. Miller, although there were single entries that gambled and lost of Roope Hintz, Jordan Kyrou and Jonathan Huberdeau. Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 9 July 2024 Prices for single entries approximately range from 10 euros to 40 euros for group classes or from 70 euros to 100 euros for private lessons, while monthly subscriptions go from 59 euros up to 669 euros depending on disciplines, number of classes and format. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024 For the entirety of 1947, arguably the pivotal year of both the early Cold War and Kennan’s career, there is but a single entry: a one-page rhyme. Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for single entry 

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of single entry was in 1825

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“Single entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20entry. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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