Dossier

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdÉ’s.i.eɪ/
• DOSS-EE-AY ; 'do' as in dot, 'ss' as in hiss, 'ee' as in wee, 'ay' as in day: DOt,hiSS-wEE-dAY; DOSS-EE-AY

Origin

Borrowing from fr dossier.

Full definition of dossier

Noun

1. A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
• 2004, April 15, , Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer, For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.