See Also: re-entry(dictionary)
Entry(medicine)
re-entry(dictionary)
ENTRY(law)
entry(dictionary)
entry(dictionary)
Constructive Entry(law)
post-entry(dictionary)
entry level(dictionary)
Closing Entry(money)

entry (iou)



entry noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French entree, from Proto-Romance use as noun of Latin intrata fem. pa. pple of intrare ENTER verb: see -Y5.]
= ENTRANCE noun 2, 2c. ME.
make entry come or go in; come on stage.
b. A ceremonial entrance (by a person of rank). M16.
L. P. Hartley The landlord..held the door open, so that Irma seemed to make a little entry.
c. The start or resumption of a performer's part in a musical composition. L19.
d. Bridge. (A card providing) an opportunity to transfer the lead to one's partner or one's dummy. L19.
= ENTRANCE noun 1. ME.
O. Manning The manager warned him that, caught again, he would be forbidden entry..to the hotel.
= ENTRANCE noun 3. ME-E20.
= ENTRANCE noun 4. ME.
port of entry: see PORT noun1, PORT noun3 5b.
Shakespeare Macbeth I hear a knocking At the south entry.
b. A short passage between houses. Formerly also, an approach to a house. LME.
Law. The actual taking possession of land etc. by entering or setting foot on it. LME.
= ENTRANCE noun 2b. Also, the action of becoming a member of an organization. LME.
H. Wilson Rockingham's entry into office..marked a turning-point.
A place used for lodgings or business. LME-M19.
Something entered in a register, diary, account-book, etc.; an item in an index; a word, phrase, etc., defined in a dictionary, (such a word etc. and) the accompanying portion of text. LME.
double entry: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. single entry: see SINGLE adjective.
V. Woolf On a shelf were her diaries...And I made her read an entry. J. Barzun A truly modern dictionary would add an entry under 'human': 'the opposite of admirable'. Acorn User To alter an entry, type in a new one.
b. A record in a custom-house of goods imported and exported. LME.
c. A thing which has been entered for, or a person who has entered, a contest, race, etc.; the entrants for a contest, race, etc., collectively. L19.
new entry: see NEW adjective.
B. Pym I have recently been judging entries for the Southern Arts Association Prize.
A dance between the parts of an entertainment; a musical entree. M17-E18.
More fully young entry: the hounds that are receiving their initial training in any one season; a single such hound. Orig. (now rare), the initial training of hounds. M19.
Comb.: entry form an application form for a competition; entry-level (a) (of a product) suitable for a beginner or first-time user; basic; (b) (chiefly US) at the lowest level in an employment hierarchy; entryman US a person who enters upon public land with the intention of settling; entry permit: giving authorization for a foreigner to enter a country; Entryphone (proprietary name for) a telephonic link with a remote unlocking facility by which a caller can summon attention, identify himself or herself to a person inside a building or room, and be admitted; entryway US a way in to somewhere or something, an entrance.