vertical file

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noun

a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.

a cabinet for such storage.

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Origin of vertical file

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby vertical file

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How to use vertical file in a sentence

While vertical file cabinets store documents front-to-back, lateral file cabinets store files from side to side, which allows manufacturers to max out document storage capacity in a shallower footprint.
Best office cabinets: Storage must-haves to make your workspace work|PopSci Commerce Team|March 18, 2021|Popular-Science
A vertical file system is less wide than a lateral file cabinet and is therefore better suited to placing alongside or underneath a desktop, which is another important thing to keep in mind.
Best office cabinets: Storage must-haves to make your workspace work|PopSci Commerce Team|March 18, 2021|Popular-Science
The most universally used of all filing devices is the vertical file.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various
Fig. 32 shows an outside cabinet, card index, and vertical file units, which fit the openings in the cabinet.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various

This cabinet contains vertical file, card index, legal blank drawers, and document files.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various
The omnipresent vertical file was, in reality, a robot memory bank.
Mezzerow Loves Company|Floyd L. Wallace
A very satisfactory method of filing designs is to use a file constructed on the principle of the vertical file.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various