What does "paperwork" mean?

Routine work involving written documents.

How do you pronounce "paperwork"?

Pronounced //ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk//.

Common synonyms include: administration, administrative duties, administrative task, administrative tasks, administrativia, administrivia.

/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/ noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
Routine work involving written documents. uncountable, usually
"do paperwork"
2
work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. wordnet
3
Written documents. uncountable, usually
"The source stated that the alleged victims wanted the paperwork released after the settlement, but with names and identifiers removed."
4
Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape. also, excessive, figuratively, uncountable, usually
5
Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant). US, slang, uncountable, usually
"to have bad paperwork"

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A work in paper. countable, usually
"Greatly you haue boaſted of, and much threatned theſe two places, (for euery later paperwork of yours is but a Tautology of the former) […]"

"We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork."

From paper + work.