Journal a. : Daily; diurnal.

Journal a. : A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.

Journal a. : A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.

Journal a. : A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.

Journal a. : The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.

Journal a. : A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.

Journal a. : That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.

Journal a. : That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.

Example:
What Journal do you entry cash dividend in? Is it the general Journal or one of the general ledgers?

Taxonomy
business, free encyclopedia, transactions, meanings, journals, Public journal, periodical, magazines, Open access, search, Unsourced, written medium, see Journal, late Latin, daily record, private journal, literal sense, intervals.

Defination from the web:
journal is usually referred to as a diary. a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day; ... journal is sometimes used, erroneously, as a synonym for "magazine," in academic use, a journal refers ...