white paper



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.
See also: paper, white

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MonikaMO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
LizzieLIZ-eeEnglish
Blagoy-Bulgarian
Ekrem-Turkish
EphraimEE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Noella-French