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pa·per P0050600 (pā′pər)n.1. A material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls.2. A single sheet of this material.3. One or more sheets of paper bearing writing or printing, especially:a. A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise.b. A piece of written work for school; a report or theme.c. often papers An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer.4. papers A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person: the Madison papers.5. Short-term debt instruments, especially commercial paper.6. A newspaper.7. Wallpaper.8. A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents: a paper of pins.9. Slang a. A free pass to a theater.b. The audience admitted with free passes.tr.v. pa·pered, pa·per·ing, pa·pers 1. To cover, wrap, or line with paper.2. To cover with wallpaper.3. To supply with paper.4. Slang To issue free passes for (a theater, for example).5. To construct (something) in haste and with little forethought: papered together a new coalition of political convenience.adj.1. Made of paper.2. Resembling paper, as in thinness or flimsiness.3. Of or relating to clerical work: paper duties.4. a. Existing only in printed or written form: paper profits; a paper corporation.b. Planned but not realized; theoretical.Phrasal Verb: paper over1. To put or keep out of sight; conceal: paper over a deficit with accounting gimmicks.2. To downplay or gloss over (differences, for example), especially in order to maintain a nominal, apparent, or temporary unity.Idioms: in paper With a paperback binding; as a paperback. on paper1. In writing or print.2. In theory, as opposed to actual performance or fact: It is a good team on paper, but its members play poorly together.
[Middle English, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, papyrus plant, papyrus paper, from Greek papūros.]
pa′per·er n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | on paper - as written or printed; "this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper"in writing |
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on paper1. In a printed, written, or typed document. It's right there on paper that employees caught taking office supplies will be fired immediately. Please send me an email summarizing this conversation. I'd like to have it all on paper should the issue come up in the future.2. Hypothetically or in theory. It's a good idea on paper, but I don't think it would work in a real-world environment. On paper, these magnets are supposed to be capable of superior adhesion, but I don't believe it.See also: on, paperon paperIn theory, hypothetically, as in Considering casualties, on paper the Americans won the Vietnam War, or They are a good team on paper but not so in the field. This metaphoric expression contrasts something written down with concrete reality. [Late 1700s] See also: on, paperon paper 1 in writing. 2 in theory rather than in reality.See also: on, paperon ˈpaper considering something from what is written down about it, rather than what is actually true in practice; in theory: This idea looks very good on paper, but I’m not sure that it’s very practical.See also: on, paper on paper1. In writing or print.2. In theory, as opposed to actual performance or fact: It is a good team on paper, but its members play poorly together.See also: on, paperEncyclopediaSeepaperLegalSeePaperon paper
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