paperwork: Meaning and Definition of

pa•per•work

Pronunciation: (pā'pur-wûrk"), [key]
— n.
  1. written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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