working papers

Definitions of working papers
  1. noun
    a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries
    synonyms: work papers, work permit
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    type of:
    instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
    (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
  2. noun
    records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project
    “the auditor was required to produce his working papers”
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    type of:
    record
    anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
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