Meaning of "for your record"

[seeeker]

What does the expression "for your record" mean here:

"If you have any questions about the study, please ask us. A copy of this form will be provided to you for your record."

The text is from a consent form for the study of the access to medical services in a poor village.

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

I normal see that as "....for your records."

"Records" means the documents that you keep about something.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/record_1

record - definition and synonyms

1 [countable] information kept about something that has happened

medical/archaeological/historical records

record of: a weekly record of world events

keep/maintain/compile a record: Try to keep a record of
everything you eat this week.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/record?q=records

1 A thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past,
especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent
form

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)

[Horace LaBadie]

In article <5b882f8b-9563-4399...@googlegroups.com>,

Presumably the recipient is keeping a file or record of the proceedings
and transactions regarding the subject. A copy of the form is provided
for the recipient to keep in the file as evidence of the contact.

[Peter Duncanson [BrE]]

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:03:17 -0400, Horace LaBadie <hlab...@nospam.com>
wrote:

Here, in the UK, many of the till receipts I get when buying things in a
supermarket, or another type of shop, have the words "Please keep this
receipt for your records" or "Please retain this for your records".

[Peter Young]

On 23 Jul 2015 "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <ma...@peterduncanson.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:06:30 -0700 (PDT), seeeker
> <suyash....@gmail.com> wrote:

>>What does the expression "for your record" mean here:
>>
>>"If you have any questions about the study, please ask us. A copy of
>>this form will be provided to you for your record."
>>
>>The text is from a consent form for the study of the access to medical
>>services in a poor village.

> I normal see that as "....for your records."

> "Records" means the documents that you keep about something.

Or that "they" keep about you, such as medical case-notes.

Peter.

--
Peter Young, (BrE, RP), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004.
(US equivalent: Certified Anesthesiologist) (AUE Os)
Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. Now happily retired.
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk

[Charles Bishop]

In article <5b882f8b-9563-4399...@googlegroups.com>,
seeeker <suyash....@gmail.com> wrote:

I would use "records" rather than "record" but it means that the person
requesting the form may have other information relating to the study and
is keeping copies of forms and information. This would be his "record".

--
charles