Definition of "red-tape" [red•-tape]

• Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under red, a. (adjective)

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• "The president's red-tape reduction initiative was too timid."
• ""Mike's red-tape issues were very, very extensive," says small-business adviser and marketing strategist Gladys Edmunds."
• "Yet, now that he has spent a year and a half sorting through the red-tape issues, he has a major challenge: He is running out of money."