on file
Kept for reference
On file means recorded and stored in a system for reference: We have your application on file, The complaint is on file with the court.
Originally referred to documents kept on a metal spike or in a folder, now extends to any official record, paper or digital.
To keep something on file is to retain it for possible future use.
- folderContainer for loose papers
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- archiveStored historical records
- digital archiveStored data for posterity
- affidavitSworn written statement
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