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Definition of "printout" [printout]

  • A document printed from a printing device, especially one using continuously fed paper. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "printout" in a sentence
  • "The "certification of birth" Obama produced is simply a printout from a computer database, printed on fancy paper the day it is requested."
  • "The "certification of birth" Obama provided – a printout from a computer on fancy paper the day it was requested – is not the same as a birth certificate (made at the birth, with the signature and embossed seal) and would NOT provide the proof needed to obtain a security clearance which is held by one in thirty Americans."
  • "ONE HOUR LATER, I'm finally handed a copy of a printout from a computer, which must have taken all of 10 minutes to make."