See Also: Report(finance)
Report(money)
law report(encyclopedia)
report(2)(dictionary)
report(1)(dictionary)
Final report(health)
Tabulation report(finance)
Beveridge Report, the(dictionary)
Stockholder's report(finance)
Starr Report, the(dictionary)

report(1) (iou)



report noun. LME.
[Old French, formed as the verb.]
a. Rumour, gossip. Now rare. LME.
A. Radcliffe I do not lightly give faith to report.
b. A rumour; a way in which a person or thing is spoken of. LME.
Sir W. Scott There are bad reports of him among the Dominicans.
c. Repute, fame, reputation. Usu. with good, bad, etc. LME.
S. Smiles He..held to his purpose, through good and through evil report.
d. Testimony to, commendation. rare (Shakes.). L16-E17.
An account given or opinion expressed on some particular matter, esp. after investigation or consideration; a more or less formal account of some matter; a formal statement of the results of an investigation carried out by a person or appointed body. LME.
make report arch. give a report or account.
Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona We know, on Valentine's report, you are already Love's firm votary. W. Cowper My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage. Daily Mirror In its report the Commission..says that corruption is a..grave offence. Which? For this report we tested 104 brands of..emulsion paint.
b. The account of a bill etc. given in Parliament by the committee appointed to consider it. E17.
c. Law. A detailed formal account of a case heard in a court, esp. as prepared for publication. Freq. in pl. E17.
d. A more or less detailed description of any event, proceeding, meeting, etc., esp. one intended for publication or broadcasting. E19.
M. L. King People..followed reports of the bus protest in the newspapers.
e. A statement in which an accusation is made against a serviceman or -woman; the charge itself. Freq. in on report, on a charge. M19.
f. A teacher's official periodical written statement about the work and behaviour of a pupil. L19.
R. Brooke My term's report..has come in, & is very bad.
Relation, reference, bearing, connection. rare. E16-E18.
Music. A response; a note or part answering to another; a note, a sound. E16-M17.
A sudden loud noise as of an explosion or gunfire. L16.
J. B. Morton His braces burst with a report like a sporting-gun.
b. (A case containing) a pyrotechnic charge which makes a loud noise when set off. L18.
An employee who reports to another. L20.
Comb.: report stage the stage in a bill's passage through the British Parliament following the report of a committee and preceding the third reading.