DOUBLE ENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double entry mean? 

• DOUBLE ENTRY (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE ENTRY has 1 sense:

1. bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE ENTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE ENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double-entry bookkeeping; double entry

Hypernyms ("double entry" is a kind of...):

bookkeeping; clerking (the activity of recording business transactions)