'Filing' definitions:
Definition of 'filing'
From: WordNet
noun
The entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
noun
A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
noun
The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
noun
Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
Definition of 'Filing'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filed; p. pr. & vb. n. Filing.]
- 1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers. [1913 Webster]
- I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court. [1913 Webster]
- To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Filing'
From: GCIDE
- Filing \Fil"ing\, n. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'filing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablation,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- analysis,
- arrangement,
- attrition,
- buffing,
- burnishing,
- cataloging,
- categorization,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- classification,
- cloture,
- codification,
- committee consideration,
- debate,
- deliberation,
- detrition,
- division,
- dressing,
- enrollment,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- filibuster,
- filibustering,
- first reading,
- fretting,
- galling,
- grading,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- grouping,
- indexing,
- introduction,
- itemization,
- limation,
- listing,
- logrolling,
- pigeonholing,
- placement,
- polishing,
- ranging,
- ranking,
- rasping,
- rating,
- registration,
- registry,
- roll call,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- second reading,
- shining,
- smoothing,
- sorting,
- steamroller methods,
- stratification,
- subdivision,
- tabling,
- tabulation,
- talkathon,
- taxonomy,
- third reading,
- typology,
- vote,
- wear,
- wearing away
Words containing 'Filing'
- File,
- Filed,
- On file,
- To file with,
- file in,
- file out,
- filings,
- Bastard file,
- Cross file,
- File blank,
- File closer,
- File cutter,
- File firing,
- File leader,
- File marching,
- Flank files,
- Flat file,
- Indian file,
- Jig filing,
- Muster file,
- Rank and file,
- Saw file,
- Single file,
- Smooth file,
- backup file,
- binary file,
- blunt file,
- circular file,
- computer file,
- data file,
- detail file,
- disk file,
- file away,
- file cabinet,
- file clerk,
- file folder,
- file name,
- file server,
- file system,
- filing cabinet,
- filing card,
- filing clerk,
- filing system,
- input file,
- iron filing,
- main file,
- master file,
- metal filing,
- mug file,
- output file,
- round file,
- slitting file,
- swap file,
- taper file,
- text file,
- tickler file,
- transaction file,
- vertical file,
- wood file,
- RolodexR card file,
- ascii text file,
- computer file name,
- cross-file,
- dedicated file server,
- file allocation table,
- file name extension,
- file transfer protocol,
- file-like,
- read-only file,
- Cross-cut file,
- Knife-edge file,
- Second-cut file,
- Single-cut file,
- anonymous file transfer protocol,
- rat-tail file,
- non-dedicated file server