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white paper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A document based on research informing and educating a reader regarding a topic, which may also promote a product or a solution.
2. (European-Union, Ireland, UK) A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
   • The report of the British Transport Commission to the Minister of Transport on its re-appraisal of the plan for the modernisation of British Railways has been published as a White Paper. 1959 August 14, “Re-appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 518:
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, paper.

Forms

Descendants

biała księga · kertas putih

Relateds

green paper · grey literature

Translations (36)

nl witboek (parliamentary document) · fi valkoinen kirja (marketing document) · mk бела книга (marketing document) · de Whitepaper (marketing document) · fi valkoinen kirja (parliamentary document) · da hvidbog (parliamentary document) · ru бе́лая кни́га (parliamentary document) · sv vitbok (parliamentary document) · pt livro branco (parliamentary document) · fr livre blanc (marketing document) · mk бела книга (parliamentary document) · ja 白書 (marketing document) · ms kertas putih (parliamentary document) · fi white paper (marketing document) · de Weißbuch (marketing document) · ga Páipéar Bán (parliamentary document) · cmn 白皮書 /白皮书 (marketing document) · ko 백서 (parliamentary document) · sh bijela knjiga (parliamentary document) · da hvidbog (marketing document) · ja 白書 (parliamentary document) · de Weißbuch (parliamentary document) · it libro bianco (parliamentary document) · hu fehér könyv (parliamentary document) · id buku putih (parliamentary document) · pl biała księga (parliamentary document) · cmn 白皮書 /白皮书 (parliamentary document) · nb hvitbok (marketing document) · sv vitbok (marketing document) · ja ホワイトペーパー (marketing document) · ro carte albă (parliamentary document) · it libro bianco (marketing document) · ru бе́лая кни́га (marketing document) · fr livre blanc (parliamentary document) · hu fehér könyv (marketing document) · pl biała księga (marketing document)