Protocol

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument. Burrill.

2. The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

3. A preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.

4. A convention not formally ratified.

5. An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make a protocol of.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols. Carlyle.