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memo Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a message or other information in writing sent by one person or department to another in the same business organization:
- Did you get my memo about the meeting?
1 short form ofmemorandum:
- He put his conclusions in a memo to Bethel.
2 a written message sent from one person or department to another within a company or organization:
- in a memo (to sb) In a memo to employees, the chief executive outlined plans to increase the shared costs of health-care coverage.
- a memo from sb A memo from company directors stated that expenses had outgrown revenues for the past three years.
- a memo about sth Request a written memo about each task before you do it.
- a memo outlines/details/states Senior officials received a 12-page memo outlining the allegations.
- prepare/write/receive a memo Staff have received a memo saying that they will be getting end-of-year bonuses.
- According to a memo from one of the firm's salesmen, unauthorised 10% fees were routinely added to commissions.
- a company/government/State Department memo
- an internal/a confidential memorandum
3 to send a written message to someone within a company or organization:
- She memoed me about it yesterday.

This memo is for internal consumption only.
Please read this memo carefully and hand it on (to your colleagues).
He handed me a typewritten memo.
People who got their place in history did not send round memos asking for eye-catching initiatives.
The memos emphasise that the name of the game is maximising the maintenance yield and urged officials not to waste time on the non-profitable stuff.
Moreover, internal company memos in the 1960s make it plain that acknowledging any causal connection between asbestosis and carcinoma of the lung would "make settlements both more difficult and expensive".
I can give advice and issue memos.
They can do without records and internal discussions, and there is hardly any need for writing internal memos, because one person often deals with a wide range of activities.