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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.

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


5. record, note, memo, jotting.
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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>
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