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an account in permanent form, esp in writing, preserving knowledge or information about facts or events

a written account of some transaction that serves as legal evidence of the transaction

a written official report of the proceedings of a court of justice or legislative body, including the judgments given or enactments made

anything serving as evidence or as a memorial

(often plural) information or data on a specific subject collected methodically over a long period

the sum of one's recognized achievements, career, or performance

a list of crimes of which an accused person has previously been convicted, which are known to the police but may only be disclosed to a court in certain circumstances

to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions

Also called: gramophone record.�� disc.��a thin disc of a plastic material upon which sound has been recorded. Each side has a spiral groove, which undulates in accordance with the frequency and amplitude of the sound. Records were formerly made from a shellac-based compound but were later made from vinyl plastics

the markings made by a recording instrument such as a seismograph

computing a group of data or piece of information preserved as a unit in machine-readable form

(in some computer languages) a data structure designed to allow the handling of groups of related pieces of information as though the group were a single entity

for the sake of a strict factual account

to state one's views publicly

See off the record

to correct an error or misunderstanding

to set down in some permanent form so as to preserve the true facts of

to contain or serve to relate (facts, information, etc)

to indicate, show, or register

to remain as or afford evidence of

(also intr) to make a recording of (music, speech, etc) for reproduction, or for later broadcasting

(also intr) (of an instrument) to register or indicate (information) on a scale