statements
What witnesses give
Statements are assertions or declarations—things said or written that express facts, opinions, or positions.
A witness gives a statement to police.
A company issues a financial statement.
In programming, a statement is a single instruction.
The word often implies something formal or on record: The senator released a statement to the press.
A fashion statement expresses identity through clothing choices.
Formal public announcement
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
announcement · avowal · insistence · contention · allegation · averment · profession · attestation
Sworn statement as evidence
- affidavitSworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
- witnessOne who attests
plea · evidence · allegation · admission · confession · perjury · oath · notarized
Verbatim written account
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
written · printed · prepared · released · issued · public · press release · communique
Transmitted communication
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- remarkSpoken comment or note
- commentBrief stated opinion
- observationAttentive watching or remark
utterance · expression · articulation · disclosure · revelation · clarification · retraction · correction
Assets-liabilities-equity report
- ledgerFinancial record book
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- assetsOwned items of value
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
equity · revenue · expenses · profit · loss · cashflow · quarterly · annual report
declaration
Formal public announcement
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- proclamationFormal public announcement
pronouncement · announcement · avowal · insistence · contention · allegation · averment · profession · attestation · assurance
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- affidavitSworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
witness · plea · evidence · allegation · admission · confession · perjury · oath · notarized · written
transcript
Verbatim written account
- minutesSixty-second intervals
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
official · written · printed · prepared · released · issued · public · press release · communique · memorandum
message
Transmitted communication
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- remarkSpoken comment or note
- commentBrief stated opinion
observation · utterance · expression · articulation · disclosure · revelation · clarification · retraction · correction · response
balance sheet
Assets-liabilities-equity report
- ledgerFinancial record book
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- assetsOwned items of value
liabilities · equity · revenue · expenses · profit · loss · cashflow · quarterly · annual report · audit
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- digital bankingmobile banking, internet banking, mobile deposit, banking apps, neobank
- financial recordsledger, invoice, balance sheet, receipt, ledgers
statementsquestions
Requests for information
commands · interrogatives · imperatives · queries · requests
statementsdenials
Refusals to acknowledge
retractions · contradictions · refutations · disavowals · recantations
statementssilence
Total lack of sound
silences · implications · insinuations · hints · innuendo
- vision statementDeclared organizational aspiration
- bank statementPeriodic financial account summary
- fashion statementClothing chosen for impact
- closing statementFinal remarks in proceedings
- blanket statementAssertion applied universally
- opening statementFirst formal address
statement, overstatement, understatement, restatement, misstatement, sworn statement, restatements, misstatements, understatements