journal

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
journal /ˈdʒəːn(ə)l/

▶noun

• 1 a newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

• 2 a daily record of personal news and events; a diary.

  ■ Nautical a logbook.

  ■ (the Journals) a record of the daily proceedings in the Houses of Parliament.

  ■ (in bookkeeping) a daily record of business transactions.

• 3 the part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

▶verb (journals, journaling, journaled) write in a journal or diary.

– origin ME: from OFr. jurnal, from late L. diurnalis (see diurnal).