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reˈporting, vbl. n.
[f. report v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb in various senses.
1460Rolls of Parlt. V. 376/2 Every Lord shuld have his fredome to sey what he wuld sey, withoute eny reportyng or magre to be had for his seiyng. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 184 Fables, better worth the smiling at, than the serious reporting. a1617Bacon Amend. Laws Eng. Wks. 1730 IV. 6 Misprinting, and insensible reporting, which many times confound the students..will be..amended. 1738G. Lillo Marina iii. ii. 52 Like eyes, disdaining the disguise of truth, And found in the reporting. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 195/2 Let us suppose..that four reporters are engaged.., the process of reporting being the same in each house. 1861May Const. Hist. I. 430 No circumstance..has done more for freedom and good government, than the unfettered liberty of reporting.
b. attrib. reporting company Canad.: (see quot. 1973).
1846Gawtress in Pitman Reporter 7 The third style is termed reporting, being Phonography adapted to verbatim reporting. Ibid. 15 The writer..took down a speech, delivered by R. Cobden.., which was set up from his reporting copy. 1871J. Grant Newspaper Press I. 141 The reporting department..of our existing morning papers. 1880Echo 23 Nov. 4/6 Shorthand..with private instruction and reporting classes nightly. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 842/1 Numerous mechanical reporting machines have been invented. 1888Barrie When a Man's Single iii, I might introduce you..to the reporting-room. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Oct. 9/2 It is a reporting company (new term for what was formerly called a public company) with 5,000 shareholders, mostly in B.C. 1974BP Shield Internat. Oct. 7/3 Prince Philip's masterly handling of the final reporting-back session of the conference. |