A journal, from the Old French journal (meaning "daily"), may refer to several things. In its original meaning, it refers to a daily record of activities, but the term has evolved to mean any record of activities, regardless of time elapsed between entries, a serious magazine or newspaper that is published regularly about a particular subject, a written record of what you have done each day, sometimes including your private thoughts and feelings, a magazine or newspaper, esp. one that deals with a particular subject, a record of what you have done, or of descriptions or thoughts, written each day or frequently over a long period; a diary, a magazine, newspaper, or website containing news and information about a particular industry or profession, one of the books in which records of a company's financial activities are recorded, for example, what they buy and sell