n.; pl. Entries [ OE. entree, entre, F. entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entrée. ] 1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item. [ 1913 Webster ]

A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

A straight, long entry to the temple led. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order. (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of entry. See under Bill. --
Double entry,
Single entry. See Bookkeeping. --
Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. --
Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Am entrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]