filing

[ UK /fˈa‍ɪlɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfaɪɫɪŋ/ ]

NOUN

a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
the entering of a legal document into the public record
he filed his tax return
he filed a complaint
the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.
I have some filing to do

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Some people, thank goodness, take a good deal of pride and pleasure in achieving and maintaining a perfect filing system.
In a qui tam action, the citizen filing suit is called a "relator". David Isenberg: ABC J'accuse MEP: There is no there there
Republicans, meanwhile, are mulling whether to abandon the notion of filing ethics charges against Rep.
This decline was due partly to the generally buoyant economy that saw fewer people filing claims. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
He was allowed to remain temporarily in the Alpine country after filing an appeal against the decision.
If you are defending your business to your banker "after" filing the S-1, you had a clear sequencing problem.
Yesterday he was to be arraigned on new charges of insider trading, filing false tax forms and conspiracy to falsify books and records in an expanded indictment unveiled May 1.
To my knowledge, the patient relations office never discussed the matter with the surgeon -- I certainly never heard from him -- but I did receive a termination letter followed by a series of surprisingly rude and condescending letters from their risk management attorney after I pointed out that HIPPA promises patients will not be "penalized" for filing a privacy complaint. Genital Photos, HIPAA and the Media
Metal filing cabinets can be changed for wooden ones. Stay Well This Winter
The section was removed, the SEC said in a filing on April 18, 2011, because the term investment banking could have been read as applying to "syndicate" staffers, who routinely make decisions on how to allocate IPOs to firms' clients. Rule to Prevent Abuse of IPOs Is Delayed

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