single entry
noun Bookkeeping.
an item noted only once.
a simple accounting system noting only amounts owed by and due to a business.
Compare
double entry.
Origin of single entry
First recorded in 1820–30
OTHER WORDS FROM single entry
sin·gle-en·try, adjectiveWords nearby single entry
single bond,
single combat,
single cream,
single cut,
single density,
single entry,
single father,
single file,
single file, in,
single knot,
single man
Example sentences from the Web for single entry
Like single-entry bookkeeping, such records are no more than mere memoranda.
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. GouldIt was to avoid this obvious weakness of single-entry that the system of double-entry was evolved.
British Dictionary definitions for single entry
single entry
noun
- a simple book-keeping system in which transactions are entered in one account onlyCompare double entry
- (as modifier)a single-entry account