statement

n.

1. The act of stating or declaring.
2. Something stated; a declaration.
3. Law. A formal pleading.
4. An abstract of a commercial or financial account showing an amount due; a bill.
5. A monthly report sent to a debtor or bank depositor.
6. Computer Science. An elementary instruction in a programming language.
7. An overall impression or mood intended to be communicated, especially by means other than words: Glass, exposed beams, and antiques were combined to create a strong decorative statement.

In a high-level programming language, a descriptive phrase that generates one or more machine language instructions in the computer. In a low-level assembly language, programmers write instructions rather than statements, since each source language instruction is translated into one machine language instruction.

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1. Summary document outlining the status of an open credit account showing amounts due and paid. The term is commonly used interchangeably with "invoice" or "bill" by direct marketers.

2. see abc statement.

Annual report to policyholders of certain Cash Value Life Insurance products and annuities to inform them of the value of the investment portion of their contracts. Buyers of whole life insurance can be said to purchase both an insurance product and a tax-deferred savings vehicle. If the insurance is terminated, the policyholder is entitled to the cash value buildup. In addition, newer forms of these policies, such as Universal Life Insurance, variable annuities, and Variable Life Insurance offer policyholders a choice of investments rather than a guaranteed return. A statement informs the insured of the annual cash buildup and the performance of the investment portion.

Detailed record of a customer's account, listing debits, credits, transfers between related accounts, and service charges during the preceding month. A checking account statement lists checks by the date paid, bank teller deposits, and electronic deposits (for example, a payroll direct deposit); Automated Teller Machine withdrawals and deposits; preauthorized debits (for example, a loan payment automatically deducted each month); and the beginning and end-of-month account balance. A Descriptive Statement lists the payee's name next to each account entry, for example, the merchant name in a bank credit card statement. A Combined Statement lists account balances in related accounts, for example, checking and savings accounts that are maintained under a single account number. See also Bank Statement; Periodic Statement; Statement Savings Account.

noun

1. The act or an instance of expressing in words: articulation, expression, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, voice. See words.
2. The act of asserting positively: affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, claim, declaration. See affirm/deny/argue.
3. A recounting of past events: account, chronicle, description, history, narration, narrative, report, story, version. See words.
4. Something said: saying, utterance, word. See words.
5. A precise list of fees or charges: account, bill¹, check, invoice, reckoning. Informal tab. See pay/owe.

n

Definition: declaration, assertion
Antonyms: question, request

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n

1. a printed form stating the balance of the account due the dentist. 2. in computer programming a meaningful expression or generalized instruction in a source language.

That which is stated, as a judgement is something that is judged, and a proposition that which is proposed. However, all three terms have been used to indicate the content of an utterance or written sentence. The distinction between a sentence or utterance and its content introduces a central problem of the theory of meaning. On the one hand, there is such a distinction, for one can identify a sentence without knowing what it means, any given sentence could have had a different content, and different sentences can share the same content (see translation). On the other hand, to identify what is said is, it seems, no more than to find one's own words in which to say it: the mind has no ‘pure’ contact with disembodied thoughts, freed from their linguistic expression.

A declaration of fact; an allegation by a witness. See also prior inconsistent statement; registration statement.

closing statement in litigation, a summation made by the attorney, at the end of the case, which sets forth that client's case. In real estate law, a document prepared in the closing of a sale of real estate that summarizes the transaction and sets forth its financial terms.

opening statement in litigation, a statement made by the attorney for each party after the jury has been selected and before any evidence has been presented. A defendant may reserve an opening statement until after the conclusion of the plaintiff's case. An opening statement outlines for the jury the evidence that each party intends to present and informs the jury of the party's theory of the case.

IN BRIEF: Something said aloud.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

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Common misspelling(s) of statement

• statment

Dansk (Danish)
n. - udtalelse, angivelse, opgivelse, rapport, forklaring, konstatering, erklæring, udsagn, fremstilling, beretning
v. tr. - afgive en erklæring om et barns behov for særlig uddannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
verklaring, rekeningoverzicht, mededeling, uitdrukking

Français (French)
n. - déclaration, communiqué, (Fin) relevé de compte, (Jur) déclaration
v. tr. - faire une déclaration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aussage, Erklärung, Behauptung
v. - aussagen, eine Erklärung abgeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δήλωση, ανακοίνωση, διαβεβαίωση, ισχυρισμός, απολογισμός, έκφραση ή εξωτερίκευση (σκέψεων κ.λπ.), (οικον.) εκκαθαριστικό λογαριασμού, εξτρέ, (μουσ.) ανάκρουση θέματος, (νομ.) μαρτυρική κατάθεση, (φιλοσ.) αίτημα

Italiano (Italian)
comunicazione, dichiarazione, espressione, documento, testimonianza, distinta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - declaração (f), demonstrativo (m), extrato de conta (m) (Econ.)

Русский (Russian)
высказывание, утверждение, декларация, формулировка, показание, официальный отчет, ведомость, выписка счета, расценка за сдельную работу

Español (Spanish)
n. - comunicado, informe, declaración, manifestación, expresión, documento, escrito, estado de cuentas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uttalande, meddelande, förklaring

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
陈述, 声明, 指令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陳述, 聲明, 指令
v. tr. - 陳述

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성명, 일람표, 진술
v. tr. - 특별한 교육적 필요를 위해 공식적으로 아이를 평가하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陳述, 声明, 決算報告, 表現の仕方, 提示, 明細書

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بيان, تصريح, افادة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הצהרה, גילוי-דעת, הודעה, הבעה, התבטאות, דוח, דו"ח, חשבון, מאזן‬
v. tr. - ‮העריך רשמית קיום צרכים חינוכיים מיוחדים‬

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