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working papers

pl.n.

Legal documents certifying the right to employment of a minor or alien.

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working papers

pl n

1. papers or notes showing the intermediate stages of a proposal, solution, etc, arrived at or being worked on

2. (Law) legal documents that certain people in some countries must possess to be allowed to work

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work′ing pa`pers

n.pl.

legal papers required for or permitting employment, as of an alien or minor.

[1925–30]

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Noun	1.	working papers - records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project; "the auditor was required to produce his working papers" record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
	2.	working papers - a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries work papers, work permit legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

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