filing

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /faɪ.lɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪlɪŋ

Noun

filing (plural filings)

1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

   The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.

2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
   • 2018 November 30, Jon Swaine, The Guardian‎:

     Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.

Derived terms

• e-filing
• filing cabinet
• filing system
• filing tray

 

Translations

particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving

Arabic: بُرَادَة f (burāda) Bulgarian: стърготи́ни (bg) f pl (stǎrgotíni), стружки (bg) pl (stružki) Catalan: llimadures (ca) f pl, llimalla (ca) f Dutch: vijlsel (nl) n, splinter (nl) m Finnish: puru (fi), jauhe (fi) French: limaille (fr) German: Span (de) m Hungarian: reszelék (hu) Italian: limatura (it) f, polvere (it) m Latin: limatura f Polish: opiłek (pl) m inan Portuguese: limalha f Russian: опи́лка (ru) f (opílka), стру́жка (ru) f (strúžka) Tagalog: puyiw (gold filings)

act of storing documents in an archive; archiving

Bulgarian: архивиране n (arhivirane) Dutch: archivering (nl) f Finnish: arkistointi (fi) Hungarian: tárolás (hu), archiválás (hu) Interlingua: archivamento Italian: archiviazione (it) f Polish: archiwizacja (pl) f Portuguese: arquivamento (pt) f

See also

• fine

Verb

filing

1. present participle and gerund of file

See also

• filling