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pa⋅per

  [pey-per]
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–noun
1. a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
2. a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.
3. something resembling this substance, as papyrus.
4. a written or printed document or the like.
5. stationery; writing paper.
6. a newspaper or journal.
7. an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic: a paper on early Mayan artifacts.
8. Often, papers. a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like: citizenship papers.
9. negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money: Only silver, please, no paper.
10. a promissory note.
11. papers,
a. Nautical. ship's papers.
b. rolling paper.
12. wallpaper.
13. toilet paper.
14. a sheet or card of paper with pins or needles stuck through it in rows.
15. a set of questions for an examination, an individual set of written answers to them, or any written piece of schoolwork.
16. Slang. a free pass to an entertainment.
–verb (used with object)
17. to cover with wallpaper or apply wallpaper to: They papered the bedroom last summer.
18. to line or cover with paper.
19. to distribute handbills, posters, etc., throughout: to paper a neighborhood with campaign literature.
20. to fold, enclose, or wrap in paper.
21. to supply with paper.
22. Informal. to deluge with documents, esp. those requiring one to comply with certain technical procedures, as a means of legal harassment: He papered the plaintiff to force a settlement.
23. Slang. to fill (a theater or the like) with spectators by giving away free tickets or passes.
24. Archaic.
a. to write or set down on paper.
b. to describe in writing.
–verb (used without object)
25. to apply wallpaper to walls.
–adjective
26. made of paper or paperlike material: a paper bag.
27. paperlike; thin, flimsy, or frail.
28. of, pertaining to, or noting routine clerical duties.
29. pertaining to or carried on by means of letters, articles, books, etc.: a paper war.
30. written or printed on paper.
31. existing in theory or principle only and not in reality: paper profits.
32. indicating the first event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
33. Slang. including many patrons admitted on free passes, as an audience for a theatrical performance: It's a paper house tonight.
—Verb phrase
34. paper over, to patch up or attempt to conceal (a difference, disagreement, etc.) so as to preserve a friendship, present a unified opinion, etc.: to paper over a dispute.
—Idiom
35. on paper,
a. in written or printed form.
b. in theory rather than in practice.
c. existing only in a preliminary state; in a plan or design: The university building program is still only on paper.
Origin:
1325–75; ME papire < L papȳrus papyrus

Related forms:
pa⋅per⋅less, adjective
pa⋅per⋅like, adjective
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pa·per   (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:
    1. A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise.
    2. A piece of written work for school; a report or theme.
    3. An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer. Often used in the plural.
    4. A free pass to a theater.
    5. The audience admitted with free passes.
  4. papers A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person: the Madison papers.
  5. Commercial documents that represent value and can be transferred from owner to owner; negotiable instruments considered as a group: "billions more invested in American stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, and other paper" (Christian Science Monitor).
  6. A newspaper.
  7. Wallpaper.
  8. A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents: a paper of pins.
  9. Slang
    1. A free pass to a theater.
    2. 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.
    1. Existing only in printed or written form: paper profits; a paper corporation.
    2. Planned but not realized; theoretical.
Phrasal Verb(s):
paper over
  1. 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.

Idiom(s):
in paperWith a paperback binding; as a paperback.

Idiom(s):
on paper
  1. 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.
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Paper

Pa"per\, n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. ?. Cf. Papyrus.]

1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.

2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.

3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.

They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden.

4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.

6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.

7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.

Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the size somewhat.

Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio; folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo, or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times, a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.

Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc.

Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper.

Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies.

Laid paper. See under Laid.

Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree (Betula papyracea).

Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force.

Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper.

Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney.

Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc.

Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings.

Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper.

Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant]

Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin.

Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry.

Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc.

Paper nautilus. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.

Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus.

Paper sailor. (Zo["o]l.) See Argonauta.

Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange.

Paper wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.

Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise.

Parchment paper. See Papyrine.

Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books.

Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above.

Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account.

Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked.

Paper

Pa"per\, a. Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.

Paper

Pa"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Papered; p. pr. & vb. n. Papering.]

1. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.

2. To fold or inclose in paper.

3. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Paper
Spanish: papel,
German: das Papier, Papier-…,
Japanese: 紙
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paper 
1341, from Anglo-Fr. paper, from O.Fr. papier, from L. papyrus "paper, paper made of papyrus stalks" (see papyrus). As shortened form of newspaper, first attested 1642. In plural, "collection of papers to establish one's identity, credentials, etc.," it is attested from 1685. The verb meaning "to decorate a room with paper hangings" is attested from 1774. Paperback is from 1899. Paperless is attested from 1971. Paper chase is British slang from 1932. Paper tiger (1952) translates Chinese tsuh lao fu, popularized by Mao Zedong.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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paper

A short-term unsecured note. This is generally used interchangeably with the term commercial paper.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: pa·per
Function: noun
1 : a piece of paper containing a written statement: as a : a formal written composition or document often intended for publication papers> b : a document containing a statement of legal status, identity, authority, or ownership —often used in pl. whether applying to one or more items papers> papers —Mutual of Omaha> c : a document (as an answer, motion, or brief) prepared in furtherance of a legal action papers after the complaint required to be served upon a party shall be filed with the court —Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 5(d)>
2 : a document providing evidence of a financial obligation; especially : COMMERCIAL PAPER in this entry
accommodation paper
: commercial paper used by one party to accommodate another party
bearer paper
: commercial paper that is freely negotiable by the holder and is made payable to bearer —compare ORDER PAPER in this entry
chattel paper
: paper that sets out both a buyer's obligation to repay and a lender's or a seller's security interest in the goods bought or that contains the provisions of a lease of the goods
commercial paper
: a usually negotiable instrument (as a note, draft, or certificate of deposit) arising out of a commercial transaction; specifically : any of the instruments constituting the obligations of a business organization that are sold as investments
order paper
: commercial paper that is payable to order —compare BEARER PAPER in this entry—on paper : figured at face value
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Paper

The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), "the paper reeds by the brooks," is in the Revised Version more correctly "the meadows by the Nile." The words undoubtedly refer to a grassy place on the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage. In 2 John 1:12 the word is used in its proper sense. The material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and hence its name. The papyrus (Heb. gome) was a kind of bulrush (q.v.). It is mentioned by Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was used for many purposes. This plant (Papyrus Nilotica) is now unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found. The unaccountable disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold by Isaiah (19:6, 7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The most extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at the northern end of the lake of Merom.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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paper

In addition to the idiom beginning with paper, also see on paper; push paper; walking papers.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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