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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.
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 another Compare single entry
- ( as modifier )
double-entry book-keeping
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Other Words From
- double-entry adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of double entry1
First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences
The book-keeper is abroad every where, with an indestructible faith in double entry.
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Gladstone never allowed his religion to tint his statesmanship, and we all know businessmen who follow the double-entry scheme.
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Book-keeping by double entry is admirable, and records several things in an exact manner.
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Mrs. Deborah undertook, as a beginning, to teach the girl book-keeping by single and double entry.
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No girl who had once tackled book-keeping, by single and double entry, could want any more solid instruction.
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