written record

Other forms: written records

Definitions of written record

1. noun

   a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
   synonyms: written account

   examples:

   Domesday Book

   record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror

   types:

   blotter, charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet

   the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

   casebook

   a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work

   chronology

   a record of events in the order of their occurrence

   dossier

   a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)

   entry

   an item inserted in a written record

   log

   a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

   log

   a written record of messages sent or received

   note

   a brief written record

   paper trail

   the written evidence of someone's activities

   timecard

   a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day

   time sheet

   a record of the hours worked by employees

   copy, transcript

   a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

   register, registry

   an official written record of names or events or transactions

   minutes, proceedings, transactions

   a written account of what transpired at a meeting

   minute book

   a book in which minutes have been written

   statute book

   a record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction

   interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version

   a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

   worksheet

   a piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project

   dictionary entry, lexical entry

   the entry in a dictionary of information about a word

   mistranslation

   an incorrect translation

   crib, pony, trot

   a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

   retroversion

   translation back into the original language

   caption, subtitle

   translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

   supertitle, surtitle

   translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage

   cadaster, cadastre

   a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation

   timeline

   a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)

   nol pros, nolle prosequi

   an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed

   notebook entry

   an entry in a notebook

   jot, jotting

   a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

   marginalia

   notes written in the blank space around the text on a page

   memo, memoranda, memorandum

   a written proposal or reminder

   minute

   a short note

   check register

   a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order)

   studbook

   official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses

   rent-roll

   a register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay

   Congressional Record

   a published written account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress

   Hansard

   the official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament

   type of:

   record

   anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events