green paper

/grin ˌpeɪpər/
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Other forms: green papers

Definitions of green paper
  1. noun
    a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion
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    type of:
    report, study, written report
    a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
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