memo

[mem-oh]

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noun, plural mem·os.

memorandum.

Origin of memo

by shortening; see -o

Related formscoun·ter·mem·o, noun, plural coun·ter·mem·os.

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Examples from the Web for memo

Contemporary Examples

Ironically, unlike Dukakis and apparently Paul, Bill Clinton and Al Gore had each “read the memo” back in the day.
GOP Won’t Forgive Rand for Cop Critique
Lloyd Green
December 23, 2014
Memo to all Republican contenders: The GOP is now the home of white working- and middle-class voters.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior?
Lloyd Green
December 15, 2014
At just three pages long, the memo leaves more questions than it answers.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It
Abby Haglage
December 13, 2014
According to the memo, Miller then asked what the statute of limitations in Illinois was and to define what the allegations meant.
Chicago Priests Raped and Pillaged for 50 Years
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 7, 2014
The military did not publish a memo outlining Ebola protection guidelines until Oct. 16.
U.S. Soldiers Get Just Four Hours of Ebola Training
Tim Mak
October 17, 2014

Historical Examples

Memo: Must do the one in the dining-tent when the people are asleep for the night.
It Happened in Egypt
C. N. Williamson
But there was a memo, evidently added to the entry in some change of editions.
Pariah Planet
Murray Leinster
Memo: Squeeze the So-and-So village at the first time of calling.
Victory
Joseph Conrad
Better make a memo to talk with this chief-freedman of Martwynn's, what's his name?
A Slave is a Slave
Henry Beam Piper
Hastily Aaron Logan prepared a memo stating the terms of the sale.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney

British Dictionary definitions for memo

memo

noun plural memos

short for memorandum

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Word Origin and History for memo

n.

1889, shortening of memorandum (q.v.).

memo

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Examples from the Web for memo

Contemporary Examples

Ironically, unlike Dukakis and apparently Paul, Bill Clinton and Al Gore had each “read the memo” back in the day.

Memo to all Republican contenders: The GOP is now the home of white working- and middle-class voters.

At just three pages long, the memo leaves more questions than it answers.

According to the memo, Miller then asked what the statute of limitations in Illinois was and to define what the allegations meant.

The military did not publish a memo outlining Ebola protection guidelines until Oct. 16.

Historical Examples

Memo: Must do the one in the dining-tent when the people are asleep for the night.

But there was a memo, evidently added to the entry in some change of editions.

Memo: Squeeze the So-and-So village at the first time of calling.

Better make a memo to talk with this chief-freedman of Martwynn's, what's his name?

Hastily Aaron Logan prepared a memo stating the terms of the sale.

memo

Word Origin and History for memo

n.

Origin of memo