The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word REGISTER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result REGISTER
- Organ stop in list
- Log on, meaning enter resource initially
- Read about big cat leaping over son
- List of soldiers from different countries with incomplete time served
- Plumber, eg, is terrified to hold sink in
- Record R Steiger play
- Record the queen pursuing wild tigers
- Boy tries out record
- List, say, is kept with note in posh car
- Record is kept in regret, being semi-retired
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The straight part
We know that "Record" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case record = register.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REGISTER mean?
REGISTER noun- A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.
- A point of sale.
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.
- A book of such entries.
- An entry in such a book.
- The act of registering.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- A list of received calls in a phone set.
- A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs or intermediate results of computations.
- The exact alignment of lines, margins and colors.
- The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- The range of a voice or instrument.
- An organ stop.
- A style of a language used in a particular context.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
- To enter in a register.
- To enroll, especially to vote.
- To record, especially in writing.
- To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment.
- To express outward signs.
- (mail) To record officially and handle specially.
- To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register.
- To make an impression.
- To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.