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Noun (1 meaning)

1. a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events.

written record, written account

written record is a type of:
  • record (noun) - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
types of written record:
  • blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet (noun) - the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
  • casebook (noun) - a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
  • chronology (noun) - a record of events in the order of their occurrence
  • dossier (noun) - a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
  • entry (noun) - an item inserted in a written record
  • log (noun) - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
  • log (noun) - a written record of messages sent or received
  • minute book (noun) - a book in which minutes have been written
  • minutes, proceedings, transactions (noun) - a written account of what transpired at a meeting
  • note (noun) - a brief written record
  • paper trail (noun) - the written evidence of someone's activities
  • register, registry (noun) - an official written record of names or events or transactions
  • statute book (noun) - a record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction
  • time sheet (noun) - a record of the hours worked by employees
  • timecard (noun) - a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day
  • transcript, copy (noun) - a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
  • translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version (noun) - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
  • worksheet (noun) - a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project
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