file for

file for (something)

To submit the paperwork for something. The phrase is often used in legal matters. Is it true that Tina filed for divorce?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

file for something

to submit an application or document for something. The company filed for bankruptcy. Let's file for reorganization.
See also: file
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • do someone or something justice
  • ain’t 1
  • go out of
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • ACAB
  • let something drop
  • helluva someone/something
  • hit someone for something
  • final
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On the other hand, a conditional retention period will retain all documents in a file until a specific event occurs (a contract expires, an employee leaves, a project ends) and then will qualify all documents in that file for disposal a specified number of days, months, or years after that event occurs.
If, for example, there is a directory called Vendors and a subject file for Procurement, where to place the response to a potential vendor's inquiry?
The provision that will have the biggest impact on individual consumers is the means-testing that will determine whether an individual is eligible to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7, which grants an immediate discharge of most debts.
Other tax-related proposals may influence a taxpayer's decision on whether to file for bankruptcy to gain protection from the IRS.
Here, for example, is a way to move MAS 90 general ledger account histories to a Lotus file for month-by-month or budget comparison.
Nelco also has FAST FUND$, a service that helps clients file for refund anticipation loans.
If a floppy disk is introduced into an infected computer, it does not necessarily have to contain an executable file for it to become infected or function as a carrier.
Q: Is an FBAR the correct form to file for an individual offshore bank account?
The high-quality output can be saved on a special disk file for producing 35 mm slides or on a graphic's file for presentation in a microcomputer slideshow using Quattro Pro's SlideShow feature.
* Was delinquent, he or she may file for a refund within three years of the return's filing date, but only as to the tax paid within three years of the return filing (prepaid taxes are deemed paid on the original return's due date).
However, taxpayers with fiscal years ending in 2002 are still eligible to file for an expedited refund of estimated taxes if the original due date of the return (without extensions) has not yet passed.
If he has not filed a return for the tax year immediately preceding the current tax year (other than the one that he had to file for the first tax year), he must file the return no later than the earlier of (1) 16 months after the due date set forth in Sec.
6425(a), a corporation can file Form 4466, Corporation Application to Quick Refund of Overpayment for Estimated Tax, to adjust an estimated-tax overpayment, rather than waiting to file for a refund on Form 1120.
XYZ decides to file for a quick refund of the $125,000 between Jan.
Originally, partnerships were required to electronically file for tax years beginning on or after Dec.