documents

Records requiring signatures

Documents are written or printed records that provide information or evidence: birth certificates, contracts, legal filings, identification papers.

To document something is to record it systematically: She documented every expense.

In computing, a document is any file containing text or data that a user creates or edits.

Do you have the documents I need to sign?

identification

passport

Government-issued travel credential

  • visaTravel authorization stamp
  • IDIdentity document abbreviation
  • licenseFormal grant of permission

permit · badge · papers · credentials · certificate · verification · authorization · certification · green card · birth certificate

physical

paper

Pressed pulp for writing

  • folderContainer for loose papers
  • binderDevice securing loose pages
  • cabinetEnclosed storage furniture

letterhead · stationery · folio · copy · original · duplicate · laminated · stapled · bound · envelope

legal

contract

Enforceable written agreement

testament · statute · clause · brief · codicil · notary · plaintiff · defendant · litigation · compliance

historical

manuscript

Original text before publication

papyrus · vellum · palimpsest · illuminated · cuneiform · hieroglyphics · tablets · inscriptions · chronicles · annals

records

archive

Stored historical records

logbook · minutes · transcripts · catalog · inventory · index · database · repository · filing · chronicle

digital

PDF

Fixed-layout document format

  • fileStored collection of data
  • downloadRemote-to-local data transfer
  • uploadTransfer data outward

attachment · hyperlink · e-signature · spreadsheet · cloud storage · encryption · metadata · version control · word processor · scan

evidence

proof

Demonstration of truth

corroboration · substantiation · attestation · chain of custody · discovery · testimony · forensic · audit trail · provenance · validation

Categories
Opposites
formality of record

documentsoral agreements

Unwritten binding promises

handshake deals · gentleman's agreements · oral traditions · spoken word · hearsay

evidentiary action (verb sense)

documentshides

Conceals or animal skins

conceals · suppresses · destroys · covers up · erases

epistemic status

documentsdisproof

Evidence showing falsehood

refutation · contradiction · denial · rebuttal · counterevidence

Phrases
Family

document, documentary, documented, documentation, documenting, undocumented, documentable, documenter, documenters

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