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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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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
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.
—Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
There are significant disagreements over how many aid-laden trucks — now numbering between a handful and 200 entering Gaza each day from Egypt or a single entry point from Israel— will be required to meet what the United States has said needs to be a massive increase in humanitarian assistance.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1825, in the meaning defined above
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“Single entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20entry. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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