statement

Etymology 1

From state + -ment.

noun

1. A declaration or remark.
   make a statement
   publish a statement
   utter a statement
2. A presentation of opinion or position.
3. (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
   a bank statement
4. (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
   In this section we will examine BASIC's primary statement for repeating a string of statements under program control: the FOR statement. Another statement, the NEXT statement, is always used with a FOR statement. 1981, Thomas C. Bartee, BASIC computer programming, page 110
   However, it is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that the control ultimately reaches the last statement of the range. 1989, M. K. Roy, Debabrata Ghosh Dastidar, COBOL Programming, page 174

Etymology 2

Back-formation from statementing or back-formation from statemented.

verb

1. (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.