5 definitions found for paperwork

paperwork n 1: work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

paperwork noun Date: 1917 routine clerical or record-keeping work often incidental to a more important task

paperwork
n. routine clerical or administrative work.

paperwork Paperwork is the routine part of a job which involves writing or dealing with letters, reports, and records. At every stage in the production there will be paperwork–forms to fill in, permissions to obtain, letters to write. N-UNCOUNT

paperwork n. routine clerical or administrative work.