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white-paper

white-paper is the alternative spelling of white paper.

Meaning of white paper

Noun

white paper (plural white papers)

  1. A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution.
  2. (European-Union, Ireland, UK) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
    • The report of the British Transport Commission to the Minister of Transport on its re-appraisal of the plan for the modernisation of British Railways has been published as a White Paper.1959 August, “Re-appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 518
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, paper.

Forms of white-paper

pluralwhite-papers

Questions about white-paper

What is white-paper the alternative spelling of?
White-paper is the alternative spelling of white paper.

Words near white-paper in the dictionary

  1. white-nosed coati
  2. white-nosed coatis
  3. white-on-white
  4. white-out
  5. white-outs
  6. white-paper
  7. white-papers
  8. white-plumed honeyeater
  9. white-plumed honeyeaters
  10. white-point
  11. white-points

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Adapted from Wiktionary: white-paper (page history and authors); white paper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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