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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This is about DraftKings tournament games, single entry (and by single entry these are games that max out on three entries or less). Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Not a single entry-level office job made the bottom rankings of their list. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 In a sweeping move set to transform travel in the Middle East, six Gulf countries have announced plans to implement a unified tourist visa, allowing visitors to move freely across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates under a single entry permit. AFAR Media, 28 July 2025 The new policy limits nearly all non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to nationals of these four African countries to a single entry valid for just three months, the BBC reported. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for single entry

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of single entry was in 1825

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“Single entry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20entry. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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