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 Definitions of red tape  [ˈrɛdˌstɑrt]  

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Definition of 'red tape' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) red tape
bureaucratic routine required before official action can be taken.

Etymology:  (1730–40; after the red tape used to tie official documents)

Definition of 'red tape' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bureaucratic procedure, red tape
needlessly time-consuming procedure


Translation of 'red tape' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: annoying and unnecessary rules and regulations.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rompslomp Arabic flag Arabic: إجْراءات رَسْمِيَّه عَقيم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: канцеларщина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: burocracia Czech flag Czech: úřední šiml German flag German: bürokratisch
Danish flag Danish: bureaukrati Greek flag Greek: γραφειοκρατία Spanish flag Spanish: papeleo burocrático
Estonian flag Estonian: bürokraatia Farsi flag Farsi: تشریفات زائد؛ کاغذ بازی Finnish flag Finnish: byrokratia
French flag French: paperasserie Hebrew flag Hebrew: בִּירוֹקרַטיָה Hindi flag Hindi: लाल फीता
Croatian flag Croatian: birokracija Hungarian flag Hungarian: bürokrácia Indonesian flag Indonesian: birokrasi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skriffinnska Italian flag Italian: burocrazia Japanese flag Japanese: 形式主義
Korean flag Korean: 형식적인 절차 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: biurokratizmas Latvian flag Latvian: birokrātija; birokrātisms
Malay flag Malay: peraturan yang menyusahka Dutch flag Dutch: bureaucratie Norwegian flag Norwegian: byråkrati, formalisme
Polish flag Polish: biurokracja Persian flag Persian: تشریفات زائد؛ کاغذ بازی Pashto flag Pashto: تشریفات
Portuguese flag Portuguese: burocracia Romanian flag Romanian: birocraţie Russian flag Russian: бюрократизм
Slovak flag Slovak: úradný šimeľ Slovenian flag Slovenian: birokracija, formalnosti Serbian flag Serbian: birokratija
Swedish flag Swedish: byråkratisk stelbenthet Thai flag Thai: กฏเกณฑ์ที่ไม่สำคัญ Turkish flag Turkish: kırtasiyecilik, bürokrasi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 繁文縟節 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бюрократизм, тяганина Urdu flag Urdu: غیر ضروری قوانین و ضوابط
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thói quan liêu Chinese flag Chinese: 繁文缛节烦琐的规章

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