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white paper

noun white papers · whitepaper · white-paper

  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.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, paper.

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noun marketing document

日本語白書 hakusho, ホワイトペーパー howaito-pēpā
中文白皮書 /白皮书 báipíshū
Françaislivre blanc
DeutschWeißbuch, Whitepaper
Italianolibro bianco
Русскийбе́лая кни́га bélaja kníga

noun parliamentary document

한국어백서 baekseo
日本語白書 hakusho
中文白皮書 /白皮书 báipíshū
Portuguêslivro branco
Françaislivre blanc
DeutschWeißbuch
Italianolibro bianco
Românăcarte albă
Русскийбе́лая кни́га bélaja kníga

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@misc{white_paper_2026,
  title = {white paper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20paper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}