filing meaning and definition

FILING noun

Definition of filing (noun)

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