English Explanatory Dictionary

paperwork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Routine work involving written documents.
  2. Written documents.
  3. Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
  4. Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
  5. A work in paper.

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/ /ˈpeɪ.pɚ.wɚk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paperwork.wav

Word forms

paperwork paperworks paper work paper-work

Etymology

From paper + work.

Synonyms

administrativia administrivia

Related words

paperworks

Translations

Bulgarian: писмена работа Catalan: paperassa Catalan: paperada Chinese Mandarin: 文書工作 /文书工作 Chinese Mandarin: 公文處理 /公文处理 Chinese Mandarin: 文書處理 /文书处理 Esperanto: paperoj Finnish: paperityöt Finnish: paperisota French: tâches administratives German: Schreibarbeit German: Papierkram Indonesian: kertas kerja Italian: lavoro di documentazione Japanese: 事務処理 Japanese: 文書業務 Malay: kertas kerja Norwegian Bokmål: papirarbeid Norwegian Nynorsk: papirarbeid Occitan: paperalha Polish: papierkowa robota Polish: papierologia Portuguese: papelada Russian: канцеля́рская рабо́та Russian: делопроизво́дство Spanish: papeleo Swedish: pappersarbete Swedish: pappersjobb
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