paperweight

A small, heavy, often decorative object that is placed on loose papers to hold them down.

A small heavy object used to lay on loose papers to keep them from being scattered; especially, one made for the purpose and somewhat decorative, as a slab or marble, a plate of glass, or the like, with or without a bronze or other figure to serve as a handle, or a mass of glass decorated with various objects inclosed in it, and the like.

See under paper, n.

A small, decorative, somewhat weighty (and now, highly collectable) object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.

Any object for this purpose.

An otherwise useless piece of equipment.

a weight used to hold down a stack of papers