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en⋅try

  [en-tree]
–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.
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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.
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

adit 
"entrance," 1602, from L. aditus "approach, entrance," from aditum, pp. stem of adire "to approach," from ad- "to" + ire "to go."

entry 
1297, from O.Fr. entree, originally fem. pp. of entrer (see enter).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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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