white paper

1. An official report issued by the government. The phrase is often capitalized. Primarily heard in UK, Australia, Canada. That issue will be addressed in a white paper later today.

2. By extension, an official report issued by any group or organization. Yes, we will issue a white paper to our stockholders informing them of these changes.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
England	['inglənd]
Eliot	EL-ee-ət	English
Seema	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Erik	E-rik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German), E-reek (Finnish), AY-rik (Dutch), ER-ik (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Eng
Spyro	-	Greek
Helewidis	-	Ancient Germanic