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Meaning
Noun
●
A
sheet
material
typically
used for
writing
on or
printing
on (or as a non-waterproof
container
), usually made by
draining
cellulose
fibres
from a
suspension
in water.
●
A
newspaper
or anything
used
as such
(such as a
newsletter
or
listing
magazine).
●
Wallpaper.
●
Wrapping paper.
●
In Rock paper scissors:
An
open
hand
(a
handshape
resembling
a
sheet of paper
), that
beats
rock
and
loses
to
scissors
. It
loses
to
lizard
and
beats
Spock in
rock
-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
●
A
written
document
,
generally
shorter
than a
book
(
white paper
,
term paper
),
in particular
one
written
for the Government.
●
A
written
document
that
reports
scientific
or
academic
research and is usually
subjected
to
peer review
before
publication
in a
scientific
journal
(as a
journal
article
or the
manuscript
for one
) or in the
proceedings
of a
scientific
or
academic
meeting
(such as a
conference
,
workshop
, or symposium).
●
A
scholastic
essay.
●
In British English:
A set of
examination
questions
to be
answered
at one
session.
●
Money.
●
In Finance:
Any financial
assets
other than
specie.
●
In New Zealand English:
A
university
course.
●
A
paper
packet
containing
a
quantity
of items.
●
A
medicinal
preparation
spread
upon
paper
,
intended
for
external
application.
●
A
substance
resembling
paper
secreted
by certain
invertebrates
as
protection
for their
nests
and eggs.
●
Free
passes
of
admission
to a
theatre
, etc.
●
The people
admitted
by
free
passes.
Adj
●
Made of paper.
●
Insubstantial (from the
weakness
of common paper)
●
Planned (from
plans
being
drawn up
on paper)
●
Having a
title
that is
merely
official
, or given by
courtesy
or convention.
Verb
●
To
apply
paper
to.
●
To
document
; to memorialize.
●
To
fill
(a
theatre
or other
paid
event
) with
complimentary
seats.
●
To
submit
official
papers
to (a
law court
, etc.).
●
To give public
notice
(typically by
displaying
posters
) that a person is
wanted
by the
police
or other authority.
●
To sandpaper.
●
To
enfold
in paper.
●
To
paste
the
endpapers
and
flyleaves
at the
beginning
and
end of
a
book
before
fitting
it into its covers.
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Origin
paper
English
paper
Anglo-Norman
papier
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
papyrus
Latin
πάπυρος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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