file the letters

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He filed more than a hundred letters today.Does that mean the person kept the letters in a particular place or he sent them out? Pleasse advise.LC

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

Filing - to arrange papers and documents (and sometimes other things) in an organised storage system.

Lcchang · Answer

Thank you. You know why I asked the question is because when we file tax we fill out the tax return and mail the forms back to the IRS. So I supposed filing letters is like mailing letters. Obviously I am wrong.

LC

Nona the brit · Answer

Ah yes, legal and other offical documents are also 'filed', which is sent to the official body. So I suppose that could also be an interpretation here, but it seems unlikely someone would manage to do 100 in a single day?

Marius Hancu · Answer

I think this is the definition which interests here wrt tax, etc:

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3 a (1) : to deliver (as a legal paper or instrument) after complying
with any condition precedent (as the payment of a fee) to the proper
officer for keeping on file or among the records of his office (2) :
to send (newspaper copy) to a newspaper or news agency by telephone,
telegraph, or cable <filed a good story> b : to place (as a paper or
instrument) on file among the legal or official records of an office
especially by formally receiving, endorsing, and entering c : to
return (a law case) to the office of the clerk of a court without
action on the merits d : to fill out and submit (an income tax return)
to the appropriate office

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