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prefiling

prefiling adjective: before filing.

Adjective

prefiling (not comparable)

  1. Before filing
    • The prefiling box is a small box about the size of one in which 100 file folders are packed.1986, Pat Dorff, File...Don't Pile, →ISBN, page 161
    • No user fee is required to hold a prefiling conference.1995, Tax Management Portfolios - Issue 890, page 3406

Origin of prefiling

From pre- + filing.

Questions about prefiling

What does prefiling mean?
Prefiling means before filing.
What part of speech is prefiling?
Prefiling is an adjective.

Words near prefiling in the dictionary

  1. prefiguring
  2. prefigurings
  3. prefile
  4. prefiled
  5. prefiles
  6. prefiling
  7. prefill
  8. prefilled
  9. prefiller
  10. prefillers
  11. prefilling

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