paperwork

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧per‧work

Noun

Singular paperwork

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Paperwork is a task or number of tasks that involves a lot of the same written work.

   The police officer had to fill out paperwork for the accident that happened earlier.

Synonyms

• busy-work
• red tape

Related words

• paper
• work