Collins English-English Dictionary

journal ['ʤ3ːn^əl]

1. 1. n a newspaper or periodical

2. 2. n [book-keeping] Book of Original Entry one of several books in which transactions are initially recorded to facilitate subsequent entry in the ledger

3. 3. n a book in which a daily record of happenings, etc, is kept

4. 4. n an official record of the proceedings of a legislative body

5. 5. n another name for daybook

6. 6. n the part of a shaft or axle in contact with or enclosed by a bearing

7. 7. n a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle

8. 8. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French: daily, from Latin diurnalis; see diurnal