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English Dictionary: entry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for entry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
entry n an item inserted in a written record the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" Synonym(s): introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry a written record of a commercial transaction Synonym(s): entry, accounting entry, ledger entry 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?" Synonym(s): submission, entry something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" Synonym(s): entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" Synonym(s): entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F. entr[82]e, fr. entrer to enter. See {Enter}, and cf. {Entr[82]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. 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. A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon. 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. A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden. 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. 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. {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.