double entry

noun Bookkeeping.

a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.

Compare single entry.

Origin of double entry

First recorded in 1715–25

OTHER WORDS FROM double entry

double-entry, adjective

Words nearby double entry

double-ended, double-ended bolt, double ender, double entendre, double entente, double entry, double exposure, double-faced, double fault, double feature, double fertilization

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Example sentences from the Web for double entry

One may add up the whole sum according to the bookkeeping of Fate, by double-entry, credit and debit, profit and loss.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip Gibbs
The critic was a kind of literary book-keeper who went upon the double-entry system.
Thomas Carlyle|Hector Carsewell Macpherson
After this book-keeping by double-entry, my gossip took to engraving on copper.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3)|Thomas Carlyle
There must be, of course, or where would be the use of this double-entry business?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

And there comes Stubberud, the man the Aftenpost said was so clever at double-entry book-keeping.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2|Roald Amundsen

British Dictionary definitions for double entry

double entry

noun

a book-keeping system in which any commercial transaction is entered as a debit in one account and as a credit in anotherCompare single entry
(as modifier)double-entry book-keeping

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单词	double entry
释义	double entry noun Bookkeeping. a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another. Compare single entry. Origin of double entry First recorded in 1715–25 OTHER WORDS FROM double entry double-entry, adjective Words nearby double entry double-ended, double-ended bolt, double ender, double entendre, double entente, double entry, double exposure, double-faced, double fault, double feature, double fertilization Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for double entry One may add up the whole sum according to the bookkeeping of Fate, by double-entry, credit and debit, profit and loss. Now It Can Be Told\|Philip Gibbs The critic was a kind of literary book-keeper who went upon the double-entry system. Thomas Carlyle\|Hector Carsewell Macpherson After this book-keeping by double-entry, my gossip took to engraving on copper. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3)\|Thomas Carlyle There must be, of course, or where would be the use of this double-entry business? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)\|Robert Louis Stevenson And there comes Stubberud, the man the Aftenpost said was so clever at double-entry book-keeping. The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2\|Roald Amundsen British Dictionary definitions for double entry double entry noun a book-keeping system in which any commercial transaction is entered as a debit in one account and as a credit in anotherCompare single entry (as modifier)double-entry book-keeping Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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