Meaning

1. The act of entering.
2. Permission to enter.
3. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
4. The act of taking possession.
5. The start of an insurance contract.
6. A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
7. A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
8. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
9. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
10. A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
11. A term at any position in a matrix.
12. The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
13. The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
14. The introduction of new hounds into a pack.