papers — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Official documents or identification, as a passport.

   Usage

   • plural
   • Plural only

   Examples

   He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.

   More examples (2)

   Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

   The arrival of the British Consul at Bangkok shall not take place before the ratification of this Treaty, nor until ten vessels owned by British subjects, sailing under British colours and with British papers, shall have entered the port of Bangkok for purposes of trade, subsequent to the signing of this Treaty.

2. A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.

   Usage

   • plural
   • Plural only

3. cigarette papers

   Usage

   • Australia
   • plural
   • Plural only

   Examples

   "All right, if you happen to be over that way, just get me some fags. No, wait a shake, get me a tin of cigarette tobacco and some papers."

Noun

1. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

   Synonyms

   documentwritten document

   Broader terms

   writingwritten materialpiece of writing