term paper

noun

1. a long essay, report, or the like, written by a student as an assignment over the course of a term or semester.

Word History and Origins

Origin of term paper¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

He turned that down — “I immediately thought back to college and writing term papers at the very last minute,” Redick recalled — but when Wojnarowski asked him to try a podcast, he gave it a go.

From FiveThirtyEight

That awakening, he says, led to a 180-page term paper on the balance of world power.

From The Daily Beast