papers

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of paper.
2. (plural, plural-only)Official documents or identification, as a passport.

   “He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.”

   “Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.”

   “The arrival of the British Consul at Bangkok shall not take place before the ratification of this Treaty, nor until ten vessels owned by British subjects, sailing under British colours and with British papers, shall have entered the port of Bangkok for purposes of trade, subsequent to the signing of this Treaty.”

3. (plural, plural-only)A collection of documents, unpublished writing or correspondence in an archive or library collection.
4. (Australia, plural, plural-only)cigarette papers

   “"All right, if you happen to be over that way, just get me some fags. No, wait a shake, get me a tin of cigarette tobacco and some papers."”

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of paper