single entry

noun

|Updated on: 23 May 2018

Definition of single entry

: 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

Recent Examples of single entry from the Web

Many buildings now are designed with a single entry point but many more optional exits.

— eric levenson, CNN, "Texas official blames school shooting on too many exits and entrances," 19 May 2018
Every single entry is desperate, tired, and brimming with nerves.

— bridget malcolm, Teen Vogue, "Bridget Malcolm Opened Up About Dealing With Anxiety and Panic Attacks," 14 Apr. 2018
Those efforts include limiting visitors to a single entry point, providing a minimum of one school resource officer at every campus, and conducting risk assessments for all district schools by the beginning of the next school year.

— dakin andone, CNN, "Marjory Stoneman Douglas will require students to carry only clear backpacks," 22 Mar. 2018
Runcie's letter says every public school in the county will be reduced to a single entry for visitors by the start of 2019.

— curt anderson, chicagotribune.com, "2nd high bond set in Florida high school-related case," 21 Mar. 2018
During school hours, Stoneman Douglas High School has a single entry point, Reuters reported last week.

— greg toppo, USA TODAY, "How secure are our schools? Since Columbine they are locked tightly, research shows," 27 Feb. 2018
Right now, guests visiting the three pieces of the Medici and House of Lorraine art collections have to pay for single entry to each site: €8 ($10) to get into the Uffizi, another €8.50 ($10.50) for the Pitti Palace, and €7 ($8.50) for the gardens.

— meredith carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "At Florence's Uffizi Museums, Higher Prices but Shorter Lines," 9 Feb. 2018
This particular island has dozens of houses and is smaller than a football field, yet Haiti doesn’t log a single entry in Wikipedia’s list of the most densely populated islands on Earth.

— dana snitzky, Longreads, "Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters)," 20 Feb. 2018
Airports can easily employ metal detectors because passengers only have a single entry.

— nancy trejos, USA TODAY, "Hotel security under scrutiny after Las Vegas shooting," 4 Oct. 2017

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