'Entry' definitions:

Definition of 'entry'

From: WordNet
noun
An item inserted in a written record
noun
The act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" [syn: introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry]
noun
A written record of a commercial transaction [syn: entry, accounting entry, ledger entry]
noun
Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" [syn: submission, entry]
noun
Something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree]
noun
The act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]

Definition of 'Entry'

From: GCIDE
  • Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. Entries. [OE. entree, entre, F. entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entr['e]e.]
  • 1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item. [1913 Webster]
  • A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine. [1913 Webster]
  • A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Law) (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order. (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
  • Bill of entry. See under Bill.
  • Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping.
  • Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business.
  • Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]