filing
pronunciation
How to pronounce filing in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪlɪŋ]
How to pronounce filing in American English:
US [ˈfaɪlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the entering of a legal document into the public record
- a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
- the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
- preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
Word Origin
- filing (n.)
- 1712, verbal noun from file (v.1). Filing cabinet is from 1883.
Example
- 1. China has pressured japan to drop any idea of filing charges for the landing on what it considers its territory .
- 2. The union 's strategy is simply to gain extra leverage by filing suit , and perhaps by scoring some preliminary legal victories .
- 3. Schedule a regular filing time .
- 4. They stopped short of filing preliminary charges , as some had expected , and his lawyer thierry herzog called the decision a " victory " for the former president .
- 5. Only in 2014 will nuclear authorities be filing an application to build a storage facility near the bure underground laboratory in eastern france .