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White Paper
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
White Paper
(noun)
White Paper
noun
plural
White Papers
White Paper
noun
plural
White Papers
Britannica Dictionary definition of WHITE PAPER
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British
:
a government document that provides information on a particular subject before a law is made
—
compare
green paper
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