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

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

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 latermade from vinyl plastics

the markings made by a recording instrument such as a seismograph

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

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

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

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