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.

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  • noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

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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.

    HEADLINES 2009

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