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en⋅try

  [en-tree]
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–noun, plural -tries.
1. an act of entering; entrance.
2. a place of ingress or entrance, esp. 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. the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded.
6. a person or thing entered in a contest or competition.
7. vocabulary entry.
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.
11. Bookkeeping.
a. double entry.
b. single entry.
12. Mining. adit (def. 2).
13. Also 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; ME entre(e) < OF entree < L intrāta (n. use of fem. of intrātus, ptp. of intrāre to enter ), equiv. to intr- enter + -āta -ate 1

Synonyms:
5. record, note, memo, jotting.

ad⋅it

  [ad-it]
–noun
1. an entrance or a passage.
2. Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine.
3. an approach or access.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L aditus an approach, equiv. to ad- ad- + -i- (s. of īre to go) + -tus suffix of v. action
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en·try   (ěn'trē)   
n.   pl. en·tries
    1. The act or an instance of entering.
    2. The privilege or right of entering.
    3. The inclusion or insertion of an item, as in a record: made an entry in the ledger.
    4. An item entered in this way: a diary full of interesting entries.
    5. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    6. A headword along with its related text.
  2. Sports The act of entering the water in completing a dive.
  3. A means or place by which to enter.
    1. The inclusion or insertion of an item, as in a record: made an entry in the ledger.
    2. An item entered in this way: a diary full of interesting entries.
    3. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    4. A headword along with its related text.
    1. An entry word, as in a dictionary; a headword.
    2. A headword along with its related text.
  6. One entered in a competition: received 400 entries for the poetry contest.

[Middle English entre, from Old French entree, from feminine past participle of entrer, to enter; see enter.]
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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.

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.

A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon.

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.

A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.

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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : entry
Spanish: entrada,
German: der Eintritt,
Japanese: はいること
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entry 
1297, from O.Fr. entree, originally fem. pp. of entrer (see enter).
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Main Entry: en·try
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural en·tries
1 : the privilege of entering real property —see also RIGHT OF ENTRY
2 : the act of entering real property entry by the officer> —see also TRESPASS
3 : the act of making or entering a record (as a plea or judgment) entry of default>; also : a record entered entry>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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