Addressograph

American

[uh-dres-uh-graf, -grahf] / əˈdrɛs əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

Trademark.

a machine designed for the rapid, automatic addressing of mail in large quantities.

Addressograph British

/ əˈdrɛsəʊˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

noun

a machine for addressing envelopes, etc

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Typical of its growth is English Addressograph Ltd., sold by the U. S. owners some 20 years ago for $20,000, bought back by the company last year for $1,000,000.

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Better known by its old name of Addressograph Multigraph, AM International has been on the edge of bankruptcy.

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Bean rules his board of directors�two sons and two grandsons�with a firm hand, and brushes aside suggestions from his heir apparent, Grandson Leon Gorman, 27, that the company "automate" by buying an Addressograph.

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Chairman of the board will be Frank Henry Woods, chairman of Addressograph, and president will be Joseph Egerton Rogers, Addressograph's president.

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She said the department needed an Addressograph machine.

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