single-entry accounting

single-entry accounting
A system of tracking business income and expenses that requires each item of income or expense to be recorded just once. Compare: double-entry accounting
Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Accounting, Bookkeeping & Finances
Category: Business Cash Flow Problems & Bankruptcy
Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Tax & Deductions
Category: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes → Tax Audits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

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  • single entry — single entry, adj. Bookkeeping. 1. an item noted only once. 2. a simple accounting system noting only amounts owed by and due to a business. Cf. double entry. [1820 30] * * * …   Universalium

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  • single entry — noun a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account • Syn: ↑single entry bookkeeping • Hypernyms: ↑bookkeeping, ↑clerking * * * noun : a method or system of bookkeeping that recognizes only one side of a business… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • single entry — /sɪŋgəl ˈɛntri/ (say singguhl entree) noun a simple accounting system in which each transaction is noted by only one entry …  

  • single-entry — one sided recording (Accounting) …   English contemporary dictionary

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