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filing

filing

108 3.9
Sending a document to a court or public office so it becomes part of the official record
  • noun
  • /ˈfaɪlɪŋ/
  • Formal
translation icon : presentación
  • Her attorney submitted the important filing just before the deadline.
  • filing fee
  • filing date
  • bankruptcy filing

Secondly, the EEC filings are not filed by AMD.

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Examples

  • Chapter 11 requires cash flow to pay the filing fee and to pay the lawyers.

    Academic text (2001)
  • You see, Mr. Cranston, we penalize companies $200 a day for filing late.

  • You signed that legal filing, correct?

  • How may we meet your filing needs?

  • I got a permit filing downtown.

  • Can the court expect additional filings?

  • I'm calling because we haven't received your response to our filing.

  • "The university is reviewing the recent legal filing to determine if additional action is warranted."

    Academic text (2017)
  • The Illinois Supreme Court had been pondering standards for digital filing since the early 1990s.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the twenty-first century, the transformative nature of electronic filing is often taken for granted.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

recordation
vsfiling
  • Formal
1 8.6

Official writing that shows a legal fact like a property deed

is about sending a document to an office so it becomes public record
submittal
vsfiling
  • Formal
1 6.2

A document sent to someone for approval or review

is aimed at making the document part of the public record

Compounds

A piece of office furniture with drawers for storing paper files

11 2.9

A way of putting papers or computer files in order so you can find them easily

2 3.8

A tiny piece of iron that comes off metal when you scrape it, used to show how magnets work

1 2.7

A person who organizes and keeps documents for an office

1 5.5

Small thin pieces of metal that come off when you scrape metal

How Official

filing
  • Formal
108 3.9
to register
603 2.8
submission
56 3.7

Surface Forms

filing singular
filings plural

Morphology

filing = file (transparent) = file + ing

Standard nominalization of the verb 'file' (to submit) using '-ing', producing the noun for the act of submission.

Etymology

Filing comes from the word file, which once meant a 'line' or group of papers kept together, and a helpful way to remember the legal use is that to file a document is to put it into that ordered group so it becomes part of the official record.