Definitions for red-tape
red-tape

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Red-tapeadjective

   pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Red-tape

   red′-tāp, n. the red tape used in public, and esp. government, offices for tying up documents, &c.: applied satirically to the intricate system of routine in vogue there: official formality.—adj. pertaining to official formality.—ns. Red′-tā′pism, the system of routine in government and other public offices; Red′-tā′pist, a great stickler for routine.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Red-tape

   name given to official formality, from the red-tape employed in tying official documents, whence "red-tapism."

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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. Chuck Schumer:

   President Trump is missing an opportunity to nominate a fighter for workers, like a union member, to be Americas next Labor Department Secretary, instead, President Trump has again chosen someone who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker rights. Workers and union members who believed President Trump when President Trump campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed. In 2005, Walmart hired Antonin Scalia to defend against whistleblower lawsuitsby employees who alleged wrongdoing in the company. Antonin Scalia also helped overturn a Maryland law in 2006 that would have required big companies such as Walmart to spend more on employee health care in the state. That law ran afoul of a federal statute aimed at reducing red tape for certain national employers, who otherwise would have had to afford significantly differentbenefits to employees depending on their state of employment. The Wall Street Journal wrote in 2012 that Antonin Scalia.

2. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   We have seen a lack of stability over 30 years and four governors, said Nicholas Alahverdian. We have seen a lack of care. And now — in an election year — we have seen a complete and utter lack of bureaucratic mastery to obliterate the red tape and provide tangible, enduring solutions to children and adolescents in state care.

3. Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.:

   Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant.

4. Greg Adams:

   I trusted that there was a system in place in 2010 when I wrote his letter of recommendation and then basically what you find over time is there's a bunch of bureaucratic red tape in a deeply flawed system, in my case, nobody's really asked me a question about whether Moneer is somebody that I would trust – which I have over and over again – with my life.

5. Mike Cheokas:

   She had to take a certain protocol and fail that before taking the more effective drugs, this bill will save lives. It cuts through the red tape.

References

1. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red-tape
2. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=red-tape
3. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Red-Tape