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carbon copy

noun [C] (DOCUMENT) (also carbon)
 
 

Definition

a copy of a document, made with carbon paperOffice practicesCopying and copiesForgery
(Definition of carbon copy noun (DOCUMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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