white paper

See also: whitepaper

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  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

white paper (plural white papers)

  1. (management, marketing) A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution.
  2. (British, Ireland, European Union, government, politics) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
    • 1959 August, “Re-appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 518:
      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.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white,‎ paper.

Descendants

  • → Malay: kertas putih (calque)
  • → Polish: biała księga (calque)

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