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Meaning of for the record in English

for the record

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something that you say before you tell someone something important that you want them to remember:
And, just for the record, we were never any more than good friends.
For the record, I received no payment for the work.
He claims, for the record, that he never actually said those words.
Just for the record, we were in different rooms during the incident, so he did not witness what actually happened.
We met in 2006, not 2004, just for the record.
See also
record noun (INFORMATION)
(Definition of for the record from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of for the record

in Chinese (Traditional)
（用於對聽話人強調所說之話的重要性）為記錄在案目的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
（用于对听话人强调所说之话的重要性）为记录在案目的…
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