<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something inscribed.</li><li>a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard surface.</li><li>a brief, usually informal dedication, as of a book or a work of art.</li><li>a note, as a dedication, that is written and signed by hand in a book.</li><li>the act of inscribing.</li><li>(Pharmacology) the part of a prescription indicating the drugs and the amounts to be mixed.</li><li>(British) an issue of securities or stocks.</li><li>a block of shares in a stock, as bought or sold by one person.</li><li>Also called legend.</li><li>(Numismatics) the lettering in the field of a coin, medal, etc.</li></ul>