- vertical file
- noun Date: 1906 a collection of articles (as pamphlets and clippings) that is maintained (as in a library) to answer brief questions or to provide points of information not easily located
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
vertical file
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vertical file — noun a file in which records are stored upright on one edge • Hypernyms: ↑file, ↑file cabinet, ↑filing cabinet … Useful english dictionary
vertical file — ver′tical file n. 1) lib a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets 2) lib a cabinet for such storage • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
vertical file — 1. a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets. 2. a cabinet for such storage. [1905 10] * * * … Universalium
file — I n. dossier folder 1) to make up, open a file 2) to keep a file 3) to close a file 4) official files 5) a vertical file 6) a file on (to keep a file on smb.) 7) on file (these documents are kept on file) collection of data in a computer 8) to … Combinatory dictionary
file cabinet — noun office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑file, ↑filing cabinet • Derivationally related forms: ↑file (for: ↑file) • … Useful english dictionary
vertical privity — n 1: privity between one who acquires property burdened with a restrictive covenant and those who executed the covenant require vertical privity for a restrictive covenant to run with the land 2: privity between parties (as a manufacturer and… … Law dictionary
File URI scheme — The file: URL is a URL schema specified in RFC 1630 and RFC 1738, typically used to retrieve files from within one s own computer. A file: URL takes the form of file:// host / path where host is the fully qualified domain name of the system on… … Wikipedia
file — file1 fileable, adj. filer, n. /fuyl/, n., v., filed, filing. n. 1. a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference. 2. a collection of papers, records, etc.,… … Universalium
file — I. /faɪl / (say fuyl) noun 1. any device, as a cabinet, in which papers, etc., are arranged or classified for convenient reference. 2. a collection of papers so arranged or classified; any orderly collection of papers, etc. 3. Computers a… …
file — I [[t]faɪl[/t]] n. v. filed, fil•ing 1) a container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order 2) a collection of papers, records, etc., arranged in convenient order 3) cmp a collection of related computer data or program… … From formal English to slang
