About The Word Filing

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Filing

Filing Meaning & Definition
Filing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filing?

[n] preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
[n] the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
[n] the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
[n] a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file

Synonyms | Synonyms for Filing:

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See Also | entry | formation | fragment | metal filing | shaping | storage | submission

Filing In Webster's Dictionary

\Fil"ing\, n. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

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