pa‧per‧work /ˈpeɪpəwɜːk $ -pərwɜːrk/ noun [uncountable]

1. work such as writing letters or reports, which must be done but is not very interesting:
Police work involves so much paperwork these days.

2. the documents that you need for a business deal, a journey etc:
I’m leaving the solicitors to sort out the paperwork.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

paperwork
noun
ADJ. routine | necessary
VERB + PAPERWORK deal with, do, get through, go through, work through I've got a lot of routine paperwork to get through.
involve The project involved an enormous amount of paperwork.
PREP. ~ for Have you done all the necessary paperwork for the sale?
PHRASES a backlog/mountain/pile of paperwork

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