xerox
- noun
- /ˈzɪrɒks/
- US
- Say, how about giving me a xerox copy of that letter?
Examples
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If you want to include a xerox of the diploma, that would be helpful.
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Left a xerox of his driver's license right on her face.
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So I thought I'd leave a xerox copy of my driver's license - with my picture and everything.
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If there were photos, you did Xeroxes of them or you actually.
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So what I am going to do is to make, now that I know how many of you are going to be present, I'm going to make a Xerox copy for you of the first half of the book.
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The guy who puts a xerox copy of his driver's license in the bodies of all the women he's murdered.
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Could you please give me a xerox of this document for my records?
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I need a xerox of my passport to submit with my application.
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After the meeting, I made a xerox of the agenda for everyone.
Synonyms
A paper or file that is the same as the original
An exact copy of a document or work of art
A copy of a paper made at the same time as the original
A copy of a document made with a photocopier
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Xerox for a paper copy comes from the company Xerox and the word xerography, where xero- means 'dry' and xerography is 'dry writing'. Because the machine made copies with a dry process, people started calling a paper copy a 'xerox', which is why the noun means 'a copy' today.