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whitepaper

whitepaper 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 whitepaper

pluralwhitepapers

Questions about whitepaper

What is whitepaper the alternative spelling of?
Whitepaper is the alternative spelling of white paper.

Words near whitepaper in the dictionary

  1. whitenoise
  2. whitenose
  3. whitens
  4. whiteout
  5. whiteouts
  6. whitepaper
  7. whitepapers
  8. whitephobia
  9. whitepot
  10. whitepots
  11. whitepox

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whitepaper (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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