vt to make a protocol of.
2. protocol ·noun a convention not formally ratified.
3. protocol ·noun the minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.
4. protocol ·vi to make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols.
5. protocol ·noun a preliminary document upon the basis of which negotiations are carried on.
6. protocol ·noun the original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
7. protocol ·noun an agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.