"a system of book-keeping in which as a rule only records of cash and of personal accounts are mainted, it is always incomplete double entry, varying cicrumstances."
Single entry records only one aspect of transaction, such as:
- - Cash received from sale is recorded in cash register only
- - Goods sold on credit are recorded in the individual's account...
Most businesses maintain a record of all transactions based on the double-entry bookkeeping system.
However, many small, simple businesses maintain only a single-entry system that records the...