Meaning & use

Quadruplicate

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Existing in four identical copies, or made in a set of four.

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The contract was printed in quadruplicate so every party could keep a copy.

She filed the form in quadruplicate, as the regulation required.

A note on using this word

Often used as a noun phrase ("in quadruplicate") in bureaucratic and legal settings, paralleling "duplicate" and "triplicate."

Words with a similar meaning

fourfold

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To make four identical copies of a document.

The clerk quadruplicated the invoice for the records office.

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