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interoffice

American  
[in-ter-aw-fis, -of-is] / ˌɪn tərˈɔ fɪs, -ˈɒf ɪs /

adjective

  1. functioning or communicating between the offices of a company or organization; within a company.

    an interoffice memo.


Etymology

Origin of interoffice

First recorded in 1930–35; inter- + office

Example Sentences

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Email’s invention led to the collapse of the interoffice memo and the fax machine, freeing workers from the need to communicate in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

There’s a stack of red, green and yellow containers for a pneumatic tube system — like you might see at a bank drive-through — used for an interoffice message service before the advent of email.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2022

The power plays, the interoffice dramas, the personalities you can’t escape — the travelers are insulated from it all.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

My workplace is still on lockdown and everything’s being done virtually, so instead of physically showing around baby photos, I passed around several by interoffice email.

From Slate • May 24, 2021

From the post office I found a job as an interoffice messenger just blocks from Stuyvesant High School.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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