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noun, plural -tries.
1.
an act of entering; entrance.
2.
a place of ingress or entrance, especially an entrance hall or vestibule.
3.
permission or right to enter; access.
4.
the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc.
5.
EXPANDthe statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded.
6.
a person or thing entered in a contest or competition.
8.
Law. act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them.
9.
the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods.
10.
Accounting. the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal.
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Mining. adit (def. 2).
13.
COLLAPSEAlso called entry card. Bridge. a winning card in one's hand or the hand of one's partner that gives the lead to one hand or the other.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English entre(e) < Old French entree < Latin intrāta (noun use of feminine of intrātus, past participle of intrāre to enter), equivalent to intr- enter + -āta -ate1
1250–1300; Middle English entre(e) < Old French entree < Latin intrāta (noun use of feminine of intrātus, past participle of intrāre to enter), equivalent to intr- enter + -āta -ate1
Related forms
non·en·try, noun, plural -tries.
pre·en·try, noun, plural -tries.
Synonyms
5. record, note, memo, jotting.
5. record, note, memo, jotting.
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