spreadsheet

or spread sheet

[ spred-sheet ]

noun

1. Accounting. a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains a multicolumn analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet.
2. Digital Technology.
   1. a type of software that offers the user a visual display of a simulated multicolumn worksheet and the means of using it especially for financial plans and budgets.
   2. a single document created with this software.

spreadsheet

/ ˈsprɛdˌʃiːt /

noun

1. a computer program that allows easy entry and manipulation of figures, equations, and text, used esp for financial planning and budgeting

spreadsheet

1. Table of data arranged in columns and rows often used in business and financial applications. Spreadsheet software programs are widely used computer applications that allow the user to organize large amounts of data.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spreadsheet¹

First recorded in 1905–10; spread + sheet ¹

Example Sentences

Consider your space, devices, and dreams for each item you need to print, whether it be spreadsheets, memos, essays, articles, or photo albums.

From Popular-Science

Instead I’m obsessively looking at restaurant tag pages, researching their outdoor dining setups and taking notes on a personal spreadsheet.

From Eater

Krystal Knapp created such a spreadsheet of vaccination efforts in Princeton, New Jersey, where she lives, calling it Planet Princeton.

From MIT Technology Review

The following week, Hughes emailed spreadsheets to Thompson evaluating Cisterra’s lease-to-own proposal.

From Voice of San Diego

Graham’s mom kept track of the possible schools on a spreadsheet.

From Washington Post

Along with a spreadsheet logging weapons purchases and other expenses, investigators found two documents.

From The Daily Beast

The key, as any advanced statistician worth his spreadsheet knows, is to look beyond the box score.

From The Daily Beast

With a spreadsheet and an obsession with basketball, Jeff Stotts can predict how long it will take a battered athlete to return.

From The Daily Beast

One of her deputy chiefs of staff keeps track of the tracker, an Excel spreadsheet, she says.

From The Daily Beast

And facts on the ground speak more eloquently than facts in a spreadsheet.

From The Daily Beast

“You should go,” Lester told her as she clicked him through her earnings spreadsheet.

From Project Gutenberg

There were personal computers and geeks for years before the spreadsheet came along.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• application
• application software
• program