Definitions for red tape
red tape

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bureaucratic procedure, red tapenoun

   needlessly time-consuming procedure

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. red tapenoun

   A derisive term for regulations or bureaucratic procedures that are considered excessive or excessively time- and effort-consuming.

2. Etymology: * Thought to allude to the former practice of binding government documents in red-coloured tape

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Red tape

   Red tape is an idiom referring to regulations or conformity to formal rules or standards which are claimed to be excessive, rigid or redundant, or to bureaucracy claimed to hinder or prevent action or decision-making. It is usually applied to governments, corporations, and other large organizations. Things often described as "red tape" include filling out paperwork, obtaining licenses, having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult, or both.

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1. red tape

   Red tape refers to excessive bureaucracy or adherence to rules and formalities, especially in public business. These cumbersome procedures often result in delay or inaction and are commonly associated with governmental or corporate procedures. Essentially, it is a term used to describe complex and time-consuming regulations or procedures that hinder efficiency.

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1. Red tape

   Red tape is excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making. It is usually applied to governments, corporations, and other large organizations. One definition is the "collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming". Another definition is the "bureaucratic practice of hair splitting or foot dragging, blamed by its practitioners on the system that forces them to follow prescribed procedures to the letter". Red tape generally includes filling out paperwork, obtaining licenses, having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult, or both. Red tape can also include "filing and certification requirements, reporting, investigation, inspection and enforcement practices, and procedures".

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. red tape

   The tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality.

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Red Tape

   That leisurely officialism which refers a matter from one department to another, until at length the highest authority is reached to take it in hand. The term has been derived from the red tape with which all legal and official documents are tied together.

Matched Categories

1. • Procedure

Anagrams for red tape »

1. predate

2. retaped

3. tapered

4. adepter

How to pronounce red tape?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of red tape in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of red tape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of red tape in a Sentence

1. Kirk Evoy:

   Allowing it to be over-the-counter in the same manner in every state really clears up some confusion and hopefully clears up some of that red tape.

2. Julie Montagu:

   … The British are incredibly excited, listen, we’ve had sort of this bad rap as Americans, because of Wallis Simpson. So the British are like, ‘Another American divorcee. Look at what happened the last time.’ The last time King Edward had to abdicate because he wanted to marry the love of his life, and now Harry’s able to marry the love of his life without having to go through any red tape, and he immediately got the queen’s blessing.

3. Lee Stiles:

   Spanish and Morocco growers have also decided to sell to Europe instead to avoid the costs of a four-day road trip to Britain, additional fuels costs, customs fees, red tape and queues at the border.

4. Donal Noonan:

   So many have fallen through the system -- have no birth certificates, no ID's, no drivers' licenses and to try and get it ... they get swallowed by red tape, they have no ID's so they can't go through TSA.

5. Mark Meadows:

   The President is about cutting red tape. That's what the tweet was all about. And I think you're gon na hear in an announcement later today which really, uh, The President had to make sure that they felt the heat. If they don't see the light, they need to feel the heat. Because the American people are suffering. The President knows it. And The President's going to put it on whether it's the The FDA or NIH or anybody else to make sure we deliver on behalf of the American people.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=red tape
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Red_Tape
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Tape
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=red tape
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=red tape