Usually means: Documents required for official procedures.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word paperwork:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. paperwork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paperwork: Merriam-Webster
  3. paperwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paperwork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paperwork: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paperwork: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paperwork, paperwork: Wordnik
  8. paperwork: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. paperwork: Wiktionary
  10. paperwork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paperwork (paper work): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. paperwork: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. paperwork: Dictionary.com
  14. paperwork: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Paperwork (T.I. album), Paperwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. paperwork: Rhymezone
  17. paperwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. paperwork: FreeDictionary.org
  19. paperwork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. paperwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paperwork: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See paperworks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Routine work involving written documents.
noun:  Written documents.
noun:  (hyperbolic, also figurative) Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
noun:  (US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).

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