statement

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act of stating or declaring.
• noun Something stated; a declaration.
• noun A formal oral or written declaration, especially with regard to facts or claims.
• noun An abstract of a commercial or financial account showing an amount due; a bill.
• noun A monthly report sent to a debtor or bank depositor.
• noun Computers An elementary instruction in a programming language.
• noun An overall impression or mood intended to be communicated, especially by means other than words.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In law, a formal narration of facts or an averment in judicial proceedings, as the allegations of a complaint or answer in a cause.
• noun The act of stating, reciting, or presenting verbally or on paper.
• noun That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital; the expression of a fact or of an opinion; account; report: as, a verbal statement; a written statement; a bank statement; a doctrinal statement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or on paper.
• noun That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A declaration or remark.
• noun A presentation of opinion or position.
• noun finance A document that summarizes financial activity.
• noun computing An instruction in a computer program.
• verb transitive To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
• noun a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
• noun (music) the presentation of a musical theme
• noun a document showing credits and debits
• noun (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
• noun a nonverbal message
• noun a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc