Australian English Meaning of on file
on file
Other Australian English words related to on file
Nearest Words of on file
- on high => up high
- on line => online
- on no account => not at all
- on one's mettle => set to prove themselves
- on one's own => on one's own
- on one's own hook => on one's own hook
- on one's own initiative => on one's own initiative
- on one's toes => On one's toes
- on pins and needles => on tenterhooks
- on record => on record
Definitions and Meaning of on file in English
on file
in or as if in a file for ready reference, to rub, smooth, or cut away with a file, to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records especially as a procedural step in a legal transaction or proceeding, to submit documents necessary to initiate a legal proceeding, a collection of related data records (as for a computer), a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces especially of metal, to place items in a file, a device (such as a folder, case, or cabinet) by means of which papers are kept in order, to return (the documentation in a case) to the records of a clerk of court without any determination of the case, a tool usually of hardened steel with cutting ridges for forming or smoothing surfaces (as of a tooth), to initiate (a judicial or administrative proceeding) by submitting the proper documents or following proper procedure, a device (as a folder, case, or cabinet) for keeping papers or records in order, a row of persons, animals, or things arranged one behind the other, single file, to place (as a document) on file among the records of an office especially by formally receiving and endorsing, to march or proceed in single file, to enter or record as required by law, defile, corrupt, to march or proceed in file, to register as a candidate especially in a primary election, to place among official records as prescribed by law, to initiate (something, such as a legal action) through proper formal procedure, a complete collection of data (such as text or a program) treated by a computer as a unit especially for purposes of input and output, a collection of papers or records arranged in order, to conclude (a case) without a determination on its merits, a shrewd or crafty person, roll, list, to arrange in order for keeping or reference, a narrow instrument for shaping fingernails with a fine rough metal or emery surface, to arrange in order for preservation and reference, a usually steel tool with sharp ridges or teeth on its surface for smoothing hard substances, any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard from one player's side to the other player's side, a collection of papers or publications usually arranged or classified, the papers that make up the record of a case, to rub, smooth, or cut away with or as if with a file, powdered young leaves of sassafras used to thicken soups or stews, to send (copy) to a newspaper, a collection of data considered as a unit (as for a computer), to return to the office of the clerk of a court without action on the merits, record
FAQs About the word on file
on file
in or as if in a file for ready reference, to rub, smooth, or cut away with a file, to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk
Accessible,Available,obtainable,at the ready,achievable,on hand,On tap,obtainable,purchasable,acquirable
inaccessible,limited,rare,restricted,Unattainable,unavailable,uncommon,deficient,lacking,missing
on every hand => on every hand, on even keel => on an even keel, on end => on end, on edge => on edge, on deck => on deck,
