GREEN PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does green paper mean? 

• GREEN PAPER (noun)
  The noun GREEN PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion

  Familiarity information: GREEN PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREEN PAPER (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)