English > written account: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
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| Synonym | written record |
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| Instances | Domesday Book, Doomsday Book | record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror |
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| Narrower | blotter, day book, police blotter, rap sheet, charge sheet | The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
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| 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 |
| minute book | A book in which minutes / minutes have been written |
| minutes, proceedings, transactions | A written account of what transpired at a meeting |
| note | A brief written record |
| paper trail | The written evidence of someone's activities |
| register, registry | An official written record of names or events or transactions |
| statute book | A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction |
| time sheet | A record of the hours worked by employees |
| timecard | A card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day |
| transcript, copy | A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) |
| translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version | A written communication in a second language having the same meaning / meaning as the written communication in a first language |
| worksheet | A piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project |
| Broader | record | Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events |
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| Spanish | constancia escrita |
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| Catalan | constància escrita |
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