noun
- the act or process of filing documents or records between or among existing files in proper sequence
Usage: office administration
verb
- to file documents or records between or among existing files in proper sequence
Usage: present participle of interfile
Examples
- The secretary spent the morning interfiling the new contracts with the existing client records.
- Proper interfiling ensures that all documents remain in chronological order.
- She was interfiling the invoices when she discovered the missing payment.
- The filing system requires careful interfiling to maintain organization.
- After interfiling the reports, the cabinet was perfectly organized.
- The clerk’s job involved interfiling hundreds of forms daily.