single entry

1. 1.

   a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account

   Synonymssingle-entry bookkeeping

   Broaderbookkeeping

Questions about single entry

What does single entry mean?

single entry means "a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account".

What is another word for single entry?

Close synonyms include single-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 single entry a common word?

single 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.