ACCOUNTING ENTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accounting entry mean? 

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

1. a written record of a commercial transaction

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCOUNTING ENTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A written record of a commercial transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

accounting entry; entry; ledger entry

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

accounting; accounting system; method of accounting (a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accounting entry"):

adjusting entry (an accounting entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate items between accounting periods)

credit; credit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items)

debit; debit entry (an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing)