printed matter

noun

Printed material produced by printers and publishers, including books, magazines, brochures, booklets, publicity material and newspapers, especially in relation to less expensive postage rates for such material.

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Meanings

nounprinted matter (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePrinted material produced by printers and publishers, including books, magazines, brochures, booklets, publicity material and newspapers, especially in relation to less expensive postage rates for such material.

    Complying with its obligations of being a charitable organisation to provide educational material to all, the RCTS is digitising all its printed matter.

    2023 January 25, “Network News: Digitisation leads to RTCS offering 95 years of history online - for free”, in RAIL, number 975, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
printing

Translations

Dutch drukwerk
  • drukwerkprinted material
Finnish painotuote
  • painotuoteprinted material
German Drucksache
  • Drucksacheprinted material
Hebrew חומר מודפס
  • חומר מודפס (khómer mudpás)printed material
Indonesian bahan cetak
  • bahan cetakprinted material
Norwegian Bokmål trykksak
  • trykksakprinted material
Polish druki
  • drukiprinted material
Portuguese impressos
  • impressosprinted material
Russian печатное издание, печатная продукция
  • печатное издание (pečatnoje izdanije)printed material
  • печатная продукция (pečatnaja produkcija)printed material
Swedish trycksak
  • trycksakprinted material
Cite this entry
APA

printed matter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printed%20matter

MLA

“printed matter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printed%20matter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “printed matter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printed%20matter.

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