paperwork

[ pey-per-wurk ]
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noun
  1. written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.

Origin of paperwork

1
First recorded in 1580–90; paper + work

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British Dictionary definitions for paperwork

paperwork

/ (ˈpeɪpəˌwɜːk) /


noun
  1. clerical work, such as the completion of forms or the writing of reports or letters

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