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Data Definition–noun
| 2. | (used with a plural verb ) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data represent the results of our analyses. Data are entered by terminal for immediate processing by the computer. |
| 3. | (used with a singular verb) a body of facts; information: Additional data is available from the president of the firm. |
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Entry Definition–noun, plural -tries. | 1. | an act of entering; entrance. |
| 2. | a place of ingress or entrance, esp. an entrance hall or vestibule. |
| 3. | permission or right to enter; access. |
| 4. | the act of entering or recording something in a book, register, list, etc. |
| 5. | the statement, item, etc., so entered or recorded. | |
| 6. | a person or thing entered in a contest or competition. |
| 8. | Law. act of taking possession of lands or tenements by entering or setting foot on them. |
| 9. | the giving of an account of a ship's cargo at a custom house, to obtain permission to land the goods. |
| 10. | Accounting. the record of any transaction found in a bookkeeper's journal. |
| 12. | Mining. adit (def. 2). |
| 13. | Also called entry card. Bridge. a winning card in one's hand or the hand of one's partner that gives the lead to one hand or the other. |
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