Definitions for paperwork
ˈpeɪ pərˌwɜrkpa·per·work

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paperworknoun

   work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. paperworknoun

   A clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape.

2. paperworknoun

   Excessive, intricate or meticulous work with documents in an unnecessary and incidental way to more important tasks.

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1. paperwork

   Paperwork refers to the documents, forms, letters, or any written or printed materials that are required or used for official, administrative, or record-keeping purposes. It often involves writing, organizing, filling out, and managing tasks on paper or electronically.

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1. • Work

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How to pronounce paperwork?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paperwork in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paperwork in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of paperwork in a Sentence

1. Jeff Cook:

   It’s a joke, obviously, but we have actually started the application process for people who want to move if their candidate doesn’t win, i don’t know if they understand the immigration issues, cost and paperwork that comes with this. But they say they’re serious.

2. Michelle Wineberg:

   I would never tell someone not to go to college. But you really need a whole village to navigate the system. It's a struggle to get through all the red tape and the paperwork.

3. Joyce Burnett:

   Maxine Waters was here, and she said to come back Tuesday with our paperwork filled out, i have it, everything they asked for. But every time we get near the front of the line, they shut the door. They opened the door about 20 minutes ago and said they’re not servicing anyone else today.

4. Michael Head:

   In between pandemic times, we must learn lessons about improving infrastructure for research across low and lower-middle income settings, we need several large hubs, manufacturing sites across Africa and Southeast Asia and South America that are able to develop at large scale vaccines and diagnostics and therapeutics, and with the paperwork in place as well.

5. Tony Buzbee:

   We are working through the paperwork related to those settlements, once we have done so, those particular cases will be dismissed. The terms and amounts of the settlements are confidential. We won't comment further on the settlements or those cases.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=paperwork
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paperwork
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=paperwork