single-entry bookkeeping

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssingle entry

   Broaderbookkeeping

Questions about single-entry bookkeeping

What does single-entry bookkeeping mean?

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

What is another word for single-entry bookkeeping?

Close synonyms include single entry. 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 bookkeeping a common word?

single-entry bookkeeping 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.