written record

Noun
  1. A written document preserving knowledge of facts or events (synset 106514369)
    is a type of: record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
    subtypes:
    • 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
    specific instances: domesday book, doomsday book - record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror
    same as: written account

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