"prefiling" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "filing"
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      "expansion": "pre- + filing",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + filing.",
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      "expansion": "prefiling (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Pat Dorff, File...Don't Pile, →ISBN, page 161:",
          "text": "The prefiling box is a small box about the size of one in which 100 file folders are packed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Tax Management Portfolios - Issue 890, page 3406:",
          "text": "No user fee is required to hold a prefiling conference.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Once the prefiling process has been successfully complied, the applicant may submit a permit application for further FERC review.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Before filing"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "filing",
          "filing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prefiling"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "filing"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + filing",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + filing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "prefiling (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Pat Dorff, File...Don't Pile, →ISBN, page 161:",
          "text": "The prefiling box is a small box about the size of one in which 100 file folders are packed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Tax Management Portfolios - Issue 890, page 3406:",
          "text": "No user fee is required to hold a prefiling conference.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Once the prefiling process has been successfully complied, the applicant may submit a permit application for further FERC review.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Before filing"
      ],
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        [
          "filing",
          "filing"
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "prefiling"
}