double entry

1. 1.

   bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another

   Synonymsdouble-entry bookkeeping

   Broaderbookkeeping

Questions about double entry

What does double entry mean?

double entry means "bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another".

What is another word for double entry?

Close synonyms include double-entry bookkeeping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double entry a common word?

double entry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.