paperwork

Significat (Anglès)

1. (uncountable, usually) Routine work involving written documents.
2. (uncountable, usually) Written documents.
3. (also, excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually) Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
4. (US, slang, uncountable, usually) 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. (countable, usually) A work in paper.

Conceptes

paperassa

paperada

Sinònims

clerical work

archives

busy-work

document

letter

note

records

red tape

writing

bureaucratic procedure

office work

desk jockey

record-keeping

accounting

staff-work

Traduccions

Schreibarbeit

papeleo

paperasserie

papelada

Büroarbeit

Tâches administratives

kırtasiyecilik

document

écrit

lettre

العمل الكتابي

tâches administratives

Administratief werk

documentação

trabalho de escritório

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From paper + work.