n.
(pl. entries)
- an act or the action of entering.
- a place of entrance.
▸dialect a passage between buildings.
- the right, means, or opportunity to enter.
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(also entry into possession)
Law the action of taking up the legal right to property.
▸Bridge a card providing an opportunity to transfer the lead to a particular hand.
- an item entered in a list, account book, reference book, etc.
- a person who enters a competition.
▸the number of entrants in a competition.
- the forward part of a ship's hull below the waterline, considered in terms of breadth or narrowness.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. entree, based on L. intrata, fem. past part. of intrare (see enter).