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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Hy-Vee's recent downtown redesign includes a single entry through its rear garage area with no Court Avenue access. Jason Clayworth, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025 Brooke Davies, narrative lead on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, is quick to point out how historical research is crucial to the development process of the series, every single entry of which has had a specific period setting. Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for single entry 

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Feb. 2025.

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