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paperwork

nomcourant dans les dialogues

  • //ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk//
  • //ˈpeɪ.pɚ.wɚk//

Routine work involving written documents.

nom

  1. 1

    Routine work involving written documents.

    do paperwork

  2. 2

    Written documents.

    The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed.

  3. 3

    figuréExcessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.

  4. 4

    argotCourt 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).

    to have bad paperwork

  5. 5

    A work in paper.

    Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […]

    However, except for few experimental paperworks by Jackson Pollock on paper made by Douglass Howell and occasional prints, usually woodcuts or wood engravings on Japanese paper, it is only in the late 1950s and early 1960s that editions of prints on beautiful handmade papers began appearing, published by Tatyana Grosman at the Universal Limited Art Editions on Long Island.

    In listing dimensions for the paperworks, height precedes width, followed by depth; and dimensions for multi-unit pieces are for the entire work.

    Rob Moore is nationally and internationally known for his painting and for his paperworks.

Étymologie

From paper + work.

Formes

pluriel
paperworks
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

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