white paper

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white paper

1. A government report.

2. An authoritative report on a major issue, as by a team of journalists.

white paper

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capitals) an official government report in any of a number of countries, including Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, which sets out the government's policy on a matter that is or will come before Parliament

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white paper - a government report; bound in white

white book

report, written report, study - a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

Translations

white paper n (Pol) → libro bianco

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