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Definition of Red tape
1. Noun. Needlessly time-consuming procedure.
Definition of Red tape
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A derisive term for regulations or bureaucratic procedures that are considered excessive or excessively time- and effort-consuming. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Tape
Literary usage of Red tape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cost Accounting, Theory and Practice by Jerome Lee Nicholson (1913)
"red tape • Whatever kind of system is devised, every precaution should be taken
to avoid making it top-heavy. If there is one thing more than another that ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"red tape, a term applied to unnecessary routine and formality in official affairs.
It is derived from the fact that official documents were bound together ..."
3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). Governor (1801-1804 : Clinton), New York (State). State Historian (1901)
"Technicalities and red tape Deprive them of the Society of their Families.
Long Island, August 16th 1779. Sir; We beg leave to acquaint your Excellency that ..."
4. Cannon and Camera: Sea and Land Battles of the Spanish-American War in Cuba by John C. Hemment (1898)
"Scenes at Hempstead—Effects of red tape—Drilling volunteers—Unsanitary conditions
in camps North and South —red tape and transportation. ..."
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