"master copy" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "41 18 41",
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      "word": "mastercopy"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "master copies",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The copy that serves as the controlling (master) version among a set of copies (as, for example, the master proof to which edits from the authors' proofs are transferred, or an analogous master manuscript with transferred edits)."
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        ],
        [
          "copy",
          "copy"
        ],
        [
          "proof",
          "proof"
        ],
        [
          "manuscript",
          "manuscript"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(publishing, printing) The copy that serves as the controlling (master) version among a set of copies (as, for example, the master proof to which edits from the authors' proofs are transferred, or an analogous master manuscript with transferred edits)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        "An original instance—copy of a document, copy of a digital file (or, metonymically, the disk that contains it), stencil, or otherwise—that serves as a controlling version from which duplicates are made (such as photocopies, printouts, mimeographs, transcluded instances, static content forks, stenciling impression instances, or otherwise)."
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          "document",
          "document"
        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business) An original instance—copy of a document, copy of a digital file (or, metonymically, the disk that contains it), stencil, or otherwise—that serves as a controlling version from which duplicates are made (such as photocopies, printouts, mimeographs, transcluded instances, static content forks, stenciling impression instances, or otherwise)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "original"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise."
      ],
      "id": "en-master_copy-en-noun-lfBSpxlv",
      "links": [
        [
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          "fine arts"
        ],
        [
          "training",
          "training"
        ],
        [
          "homage",
          "homage"
        ],
        [
          "pastiche",
          "pastiche"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "fine arts",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fine arts) A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "41 18 41",
      "word": "mastercopy"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "word sense"
  ],
  "word": "master copy"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "mastercopy"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "master copies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "The copy that serves as the controlling (master) version among a set of copies (as, for example, the master proof to which edits from the authors' proofs are transferred, or an analogous master manuscript with transferred edits)."
      ],
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        "(publishing, printing) The copy that serves as the controlling (master) version among a set of copies (as, for example, the master proof to which edits from the authors' proofs are transferred, or an analogous master manuscript with transferred edits)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Business"
      ],
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        "An original instance—copy of a document, copy of a digital file (or, metonymically, the disk that contains it), stencil, or otherwise—that serves as a controlling version from which duplicates are made (such as photocopies, printouts, mimeographs, transcluded instances, static content forks, stenciling impression instances, or otherwise)."
      ],
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          "business",
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        ],
        [
          "copy",
          "copy"
        ],
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          "document",
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          "metonymically",
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        ],
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          "transcluded",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(business) An original instance—copy of a document, copy of a digital file (or, metonymically, the disk that contains it), stencil, or otherwise—that serves as a controlling version from which duplicates are made (such as photocopies, printouts, mimeographs, transcluded instances, static content forks, stenciling impression instances, or otherwise)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "original"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise."
      ],
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          "fine arts",
          "fine arts"
        ],
        [
          "training",
          "training"
        ],
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          "homage"
        ],
        [
          "pastiche",
          "pastiche"
        ]
      ],
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        "(fine arts) A copy from a master (a copy of a masterpiece), done for reasons including training, enjoyment, homage, pastiche, or otherwise."
      ]
    }
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    {
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  ],
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  "word": "master copy"
}