copy

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.

"Please bring me the copies of those reports."

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

"That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different."

The text that is to be typeset.

To produce an object identical to a given object.

"Please copy these reports for me."

To give or transmit a copy to (a person).

"Make sure you copy me on that important memo."

To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

"First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory."