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Filing cabinet

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, filing cabinet means: A piece of office furniture with deep drawers for storing papers and files in order, often with a lock.

In Turkish: dosya dolabı, evrak dolabı, çekmeceli dosya dolabı

How it is used

Papers in a filing cabinet are usually kept in hanging files, ordered alphabetically, by date or by number. Confidential files go in locked cabinets. American English also says file cabinet.

Example sentences

  1. Personnel files are kept in the locked filing cabinet in HR.

  2. The key to the filing cabinet is with the office manager.

Common collocations

  • locked filing cabinet
  • four-drawer filing cabinet
  • in the filing cabinet
  • filing cabinet key
  • fileTo put a document in its correct place, such as a folder, cabinet or computer system, so that it can be found again easily.
  • folderA cover or container for keeping papers together, or a named place on a computer where files are stored.
  • archiveTo move old documents, emails or records that are no longer in daily use to a separate place where they are kept safely for future reference.
  • confidentialPrivate and meant to be seen only by certain people, such as salary details, contracts or personal information about staff and clients.
  • record-keepingThe work of creating, organising and storing records, such as invoices, contracts and staff files, accurately and in a way that makes them easy to find.

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