Real Dictionary

record
countable noun: If you keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later.
verb: If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it.

record in American English
to put in writing, print, etc. for future use; draw up an account of
intransitive verb: to record something; make a record
noun: an act of recording
transitive verb: to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence

record in British English
noun: an account in permanent form, esp in writing, preserving knowledge or information about facts or events