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| constitution |
(sometimes cap.) the written record of such a set of laws and principles. [1/6 definitions] |
| credit history |
a record of how somebody has repaid loans, credit card bills, and other debts, used as a guide by money lenders. |
| debit |
an amount of money removed from or owed on an account, or the record of that amount. [1/5 definitions] |
| demerit |
a mark made on a person's record because of some fault, misconduct, offense, or failure, often leading to punishment or a loss of privileges. [1/2 definitions] |
| diary |
a daily record, esp. of a person's experiences, reflections, and private thoughts. [2/3 definitions] |
| dictation |
the speaking or reading of words for a person to write down or a machine to record. [1/3 definitions] |
| disc1 |
a phonograph record. [1/2 definitions] |
| disc2 |
a phonograph record. [2/4 definitions] |
| Domesday Book |
the written record of a census of landowners and their holdings covering all of England, compiled by order of William the Conqueror about 1086. |
| dust jacket |
a paper or cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is stored for protection from dust, scratches, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| electrocardiograph |
a galvanometer that detects and makes a graphic record of electric activity in the heart muscles, used to detect and diagnose heart disease or malfunction. |
| enter |
to record or submit, as on a list or computer interface. [1/11 definitions] |
| entry |
the act of adding an item or passage to a written record, or such an item or passage itself. [1/7 definitions] |
| estreat |
a copy of or excerpt from a legal document or record, esp. of a fine. [1/3 definitions] |
| expense account |
a record of an employee's expenditures that will be paid or paid back by the employer, or a specified amount of such allowable expenditures. |
| flip side |
(informal) the opposite, usu. less important, side of a phonograph record. [1/2 definitions] |
| forty-five |
a phonograph record made for replay at forty-five revolutions per minute. [1/3 definitions] |
| genealogy |
a chart or record showing the ancestors and lines of hereditary descent of a person or group; family tree. [1/2 definitions] |
| get down |
to manage to record (something) in writing. [1/7 definitions] |
| gold |
of a phonographic record or the like, having sold more than a specified number of copies, usu. one million. [1/11 definitions] |
| golden oldie |
(informal) a song, record, movie, or the like that was very popular in the past and continues to be so. |
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