paperwork
Significado (Inglês)
- (uncountable, usually) Routine work involving written documents.
- (uncountable, usually) Written documents.
- (also, excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually) Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
- (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).
- (countable, usually) A work in paper.
Conceitos
Sinônimos
clerical work
bureaucratic procedure
office work
record-keeping
staff-work
Traduções
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/
Etimologia (Inglês)
From paper + work.
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