journal
Abbr. jour., J., j.
1.
2. Accounting. a. A daybook. b. A book of original entry in a double-entry system, listing all transactions and indicating the accounts to which they belong.
3. A newspaper.
4. A periodical presenting articles on a particular subject: a medical journal.
5. The part of a machine shaft or axle supported by a bearing.
[Middle English, breviary, from Old French, daily, breviary, from Late Latin diurnālis, daily. See