double entry

noun

, Bookkeeping.

1. 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

1. 1. 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
   2. ( as modifier )

      double-entry book-keeping

Other Words From

• double-entry adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of double entry¹

First recorded in 1715–25

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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