[ 'dɒsɪə , -ɪeɪ , -jeɪ ]
■ noun a collection of documents about a person or subject.
Origin
C19: from Fr., denoting a bundle of papers with a label on the back, from dos 'back', based on L. dorsum .
[ 'dɒsɪə , -ɪeɪ , -jeɪ ]
■ noun a collection of documents about a person or subject.
Origin
C19: from Fr., denoting a bundle of papers with a label on the back, from dos 'back', based on L. dorsum .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004