Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous entry or charge, as in an account.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
erroneous entry orcharge , as of anaccount .
Etymologies
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mis- + entry
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The devil's in the detail of course, but the fact is that there have now been numerous examples of data misentry - some resulting in near-disaster, many going unreported - particularly on less-critical narrowbody operations.
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