Filing

n.

1.

A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

Noun	1.	filing - the entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
	2.	filing - a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file
	3.	filing - the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
	4.	filing - preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"

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