filer
- noun
- /ˈfaɪlər/
- One of the reasons that the push for single-payer was not as strong as it could have been was that it would have interrupted people's livelihoods on a massive scale: our economy is filled with armies of billing specialists, record-filers, insurance adjusters, compensation analysts, etc., etc., etc.
- an excellent filer
- tax filers
Examples
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Uh, well, sir, I'm an excellent filer.
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Well, sir, I'm an excellent filer. # LESTER #
Fiction book (1999) -
Passing the note to his superiors would make him look out of control, as complaint-filers always do.
Fiction book (1996) -
Jessica was a shit filer, so we're a little backed up on submissions.
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For example, since the proposed voluntary program is essentially a field experiment, the accounting and filer communities, together with the academic and research community, will be able to learn from the controlled application of XBRL in tagging complete financial statements for a relatively small number of filers.
Academic text (2005) -
As a skilled filer, she ensured that all important documents were securely organized in the office.
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The filer managed the paperwork efficiently, allowing the team to find records quickly.
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Every filer in the organization played a crucial role in maintaining the flow of information.
Synonyms
A person who keeps records and does office tasks
A person who organizes and keeps office papers and records
An office worker who spends most of their time doing forms and paperwork
A person who organizes and keeps documents for an office
A person who writes and saves important official information in files
A person who collects, organizes and preserves important papers and files
A person or program that collects, organizes, and stores records for future use
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Filer comes from file, meaning 'a group of papers kept together', with the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So, a filer is someone whose job is to keep papers and records in order.