An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.
The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization.
A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
A confirmation or authentication.
Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.