From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
entry
n 1: an item inserted in a written record
2: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to
the debut of their new product line" [syn: introduction,
debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling]
3: a written record of a commercial transaction [syn:
accounting entry, ledger entry]
4: something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or
estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted
for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several
of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was
the date of submission of your proposal?" [syn:
submission]
5: something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited
at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just
outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entrance,
entranceway, entryway, entree]
6: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn:
entrance, entering, ingress, incoming]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. Entries. [OE. entree, entre, F.
entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf.
{Entr['e]e}.]
1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
entry upon an undertaking.
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2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
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A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon.
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3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
adit, as of a mine.
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A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
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4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.
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5. (Law)
(a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
entering or setting foot on them.
(b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
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Bill of entry. See under Bill.
Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping.
Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
of transactions in a business.
Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.
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