papers

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪpɚz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪpəz/

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papers

1. plural of paper.
2. (plural only) Official documents or identification, as a passport.
   • 2013 January 1, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 1, page 62:

     Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.

   He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.

3. (plural only) A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.

papers

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of paper

• sapper

• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)s

papers

1. plural of paper