red tape

Significat (Anglès)

1. (uncountable) The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
2. (idiomatic, metonymically, uncountable) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

Conceptes

paperassa

Sinònims

bureaucracy

officialism

procrastination

red-tapism

bureaucratic procedure

officialdom

bureaucratism

bureaucratic bungling

bureaucratic routine

beadledom

departmentalism

desk jockey

busy-work

formalities

paperwork

procedure

process

runaround

Traduccions

burocracia

Amtsschimmel

paperasserie

papeleo

burocracia

γραφειοκρατία

Bürokratismus

bureaucratie

burocrazia

impôt papier

Tâches administratives

Impôt_papier

Schreibarbeit

burocratismo

bureaucratisme

Etimologia (Anglès)

Alluding to the former practice of binding government documents in red-colored tape. First use appears c. 1658 in the publication Public Intelligencer. See cite below.