1. An item inserted in a written record
   "The accountant made an entry in the ledger for the new transaction"
    
2. The act of entering
   "she made a grand entry";
   - entrance, ingress, incoming
    
3. Something that provides access (to get in or get out)
   "they waited at the entry to the garden";
   - entrance, entranceway, entryway, entrée
    
4. A written record of a commercial transaction
   "The bookkeeper made an accounting entry to record the sale of inventory";
   - accounting entry, ledger entry
    
5. The act of starting or introducing something new
   "The entry of this competitor disrupted the market";
   - initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling
    
6. 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 entries were rejected by publishers";
   - submission, submittal [N. Amer]
    
7. (computing) an item of data in a database
   "Each customer is represented by a separate entry in the database"

Derived forms: entries

Type of: access, accounting, accounting system, approach, arrival, beginning, commencement, content, message, method of accounting, start, subject matter, substance, written account, written record

Encyclopedia: Entry, West Virginia