journal has definitions from the fields of writing,accounting
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[ noun ] (writing) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

Synonyms

diary

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

For hundreds of years , the evidence available consisted_of ( 1 ) the captain 's fragmentary journal , ( 2 ) a highly prejudiced account by one of the survivors , ( 3 ) a note found in a dead man 's desk on_board , and ( 4 ) several second-hand reports .

The mate , Robert_Juet , who had kept the journal on the half_Moon , was experienced - but he was a bitter old_man , ready to complain or desert at any opportunity .

Related terms

writing weblog blog

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[ noun ] (writing) a periodical dedicated to a particular subject

Examples

"he reads the medical journals"

Used in print

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

He also drew precise crisp spots , which he sold to various literary and artistic journals , The New_Yorker , for_instance , or Esquire .

Related terms

periodical annals

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[ noun ] (writing) a record book as a physical object

Related terms

book daybook diary

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[ noun ] (accounting) a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred

Synonyms

daybook

Related terms

ledger

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[ noun ] the part of the axle contained by a bearing

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axle

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