paper (noun)

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• paper — ► NOUN 1) material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing or printing on or as wrapping material. 2) (papers) sheets of paper covered with writing or printing; documents. 3) (before another …   English terms dictionary

• -paper — noun ● scribble …   Useful english dictionary

• paper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ plain ▪ lined ▪ graph ▪ A3 …   Collocations dictionary

• paper round — noun the route taken when delivering newspapers every day • Syn: ↑paper route • Hypernyms: ↑path, ↑route, ↑itinerary * * * paper round or (N American) paper route noun (the job of making) a regular series of n …   Useful english dictionary

• paper clip — noun a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together the paper clip was invented in 1900 • Syn: ↑paperclip, ↑gem clip • Hypernyms: ↑clip * * * noun, pl ⋯ clips [count] : a piece of wire bent into flat loops that is used to hold sheets …   Useful english dictionary

• paper boy — noun Etymology: by shortening : newsboy * * * paper boy UK US noun [countable] [singular paper boy plural paper boys] a boy who earns mone …   Useful english dictionary

• paper rush — noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times • Syn: ↑papyrus, ↑Egyptian paper reed, ↑Egyptian paper rush, ↑paper plant, ↑Cyperus papyrus • Hypernyms: ↑sedge …   Useful english dictionary

• paper trail — noun the written evidence of someone s activities this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information • Hypernyms: ↑written record, ↑written account * * * noun, pl ⋯ trails [count] chiefly US : documents (such as financial… …   Useful english dictionary

• paper gain — ˈpaper gain noun [uncountable] FINANCE another name for paper profit ➔ profit * * * paper gain UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING ► PAPER PROFIT( …   Financial and business terms

• paper route — noun 1. the route taken when delivering newspapers every day • Syn: ↑paper round • Hypernyms: ↑path, ↑route, ↑itinerary 2. the job of delivering newspapers regularly • Hypernyms: ↑employmen …   Useful english dictionary

• paper tiger — noun the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth • Hypernyms: ↑powerlessness, ↑impotence, ↑impotency * * * noun, pl ⋯ gers [count] …   Useful english dictionary