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GREEN PAPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("green paper" is a kind of...):
report; study; written report (a written document describing the findings of some individual or group)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)