entry

Noun

1. The act of entering.
   • The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
2. Permission to enter.
   • Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
   • Strictly no entry for under-18s
3. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
4. The act of taking possession.
5. The start of an insurance contract.
6. A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
7. A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
8. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
9. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
   • Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous)
   • The entry on spiders is on page number 69.
10. A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
    • What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say?
11. A term at any position in a matrix.
    • The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6.
12. The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence 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.