dossier (noun)

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• dossier — ► NOUN ▪ a collection of documents about a person or subject. ORIGIN French, denoting a bundle of papers with a label on the back, from dos back …   English terms dictionary

• dossier — dos‧si‧er [ˈdɒsieɪ ǁ ˈdɒːsjeɪ, ˈdɑː ] noun [countable] a collection of written papers which contain detailed information about a particular subject or person: • She had a dossier of complaints about her neighbours. • They prepared a 20 page… …   Financial and business terms

• dossier — noun Etymology: French, bundle of documents labeled on the back, dossier, from dos back, from Latin dorsum Date: 1880 a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dossier — I noun archive, brief, case history, data, document, documentation, facts, file, journal, papers, portfolio, record, recorded information, recorded material, resume II index blank (form), file, record Burton …   Law dictionary

• dossier — noun (C) a set of papers containing detailed information on a person or subject; file 1 (1): keep a dossier on: The secret police kept dossiers on all opponents of the regime …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dossier — noun /ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/ A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content …   Wiktionary

• dossier — UK [ˈdɒsɪeɪ] / UK [ˈdɒsɪə(r)] / US [ˈdɑsɪˌeɪ] noun [countable] Word forms dossier : singular dossier plural dossiers a set of documents about a person or situation dossier on: The FBI had a dossier on him. dossier of: a dossier of police evidence …   English dictionary

• dossier — dos|si|er [ dasi,eı ] noun count a set of documents about a person or situation: dossier on: The FBI had a dossier on him. dossier of: a dossier of police evidence …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dossier — [ dɒsɪə, ɪeɪ, jeɪ] noun a collection of documents about a person or subject. Origin C19: from Fr., denoting a bundle of papers with a label on the back, from dos back , based on L. dorsum …   English new terms dictionary

• dossier — [ˈdɒsiə] , [ˈdɒsieɪ] noun [C] a set of documents about a person or situation …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• dossier — /ˈdɒsiə / (say doseeuh), / ieɪ/ (say eeay) noun a bundle of documents on the same subject, especially information about a particular person. {French: a bundle of papers with a label on the back. See dosser1} …