blotter

n.

1. A piece or pad of blotting paper.
2. A book containing daily records of occurrences or transactions: a police blotter.

A record of trades and the details of the trades made over a period of time (usually one trading day). The details of a trade will include such things as the time, price, order size and a specification of whether it was a buy or sell order. The blotter is usually created through a trading software program that records the trades made through a data feed.

Investopedia Says:
The purpose of a trade blotter is to carefully document the trades so that they can be reviewed and confirmed by the trader or the brokerage firm. The blotter is used in the stock market, foreign exchange market, and the bond market and can be customized based on the needs of the user.

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A written record of arrests and other occurrences maintained by the police. The report kept by the police when a suspect is booked, which involves the written recording of facts about the person's arrest and the charges against him or her.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - blæksuger

Nederlands (Dutch)
vloeipapier, vloeiblad

Français (French)
n. - tampon buvard, sous-main, registre, buvard

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schreibunterlage, Löschpapier, Löschblatt, Kladde, Polizeiregister

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στυπόχαρτο

Italiano (Italian)
carta assorbente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mata-borrão (m), registro (m) policial

Русский (Russian)
промокательная бумага, промокашка, пресс-папье

Español (Spanish)
n. - secante, registro, hoja de papel secante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - läskpapper, kladd, förteckning över polismål

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吸墨纸, 记事簿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吸墨紙, 記事簿

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 압지, 임시장부, 체포자 명부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 吸い取り紙, 吸い取り器, 控え帳, 事件記録簿

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ورق نشاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מספג, נייר סופג, פנקס‬

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