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| 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. |
| -gram |
something drawn or written; record. |
| GRE |
abbreviation of "Graduate Record Examination." |
| groove |
in a phonograph record, the channel for the stylus. [1/7 definitions] |
| hi-fi |
a device or sound system, esp. a record player, that reproduces sound with great fidelity to the original. [1/3 definitions] |
| history |
the written record of things that happened in the past. [2/4 definitions] |
| immemorial |
reaching back in time beyond memory or record. |
| instrumentation |
the manufacture and use of instruments that measure and record, such as meters, dials, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| itinerary |
a travel record or account. [1/4 definitions] |
| journal |
a written record of a person's experiences, thoughts, or daily events. |
| keep track |
to carefully record the movements or progress of something (usually followed by "of"). |
| label |
a distinctive sign or trademark for a product, esp. a phonograph record, or its manufacturer. [1/7 definitions] |
| land office |
a government office established to transact and record the sale and transfer of public lands. |
| ledger |
a book used to record all of the financial transactions of a business, esp. as a final record of accounts. |
| liner2 |
a stiff paper sleeve or jacket for a phonograph record. [1/2 definitions] |
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