statement

noun

1. a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc"according to his statement he was in London on that day"
2. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true"it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
3. (music) the presentation of a musical theme"the initial statement of the sonata"
4. a nonverbal message"a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"
5. the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
6. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
7. a document showing credits and debits