(philosophy, government, public policy) An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position.

One of the major historical states of Italy before the peninsula was unified in 1861. It comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.

(finance) A negotiable instrument with short maturity.

(zoology) A structure that is located ventral to the anus in female pigs.

plural of paper tiger

plural of paper-knife (alternative spelling of paperknives).

Alternative form of paperknife

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, paper. / (management, marketing) A factual write-up of something, specifically devoid of the appearance of marketing.

Apparent profit shown in accounts but not realized in an expendable form.

plural of paper profit