stationery
[stey-shuh-ner-ee]
- writing paper.
- writing materials, as pens, pencils, paper, and envelopes.
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Origin of stationery
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Contemporary Examples
I own a stationery company that focuses mostly on custom orders.
So when I decided to launch my own stationery company in 2009, my choice of selling platform was simple.
At Pentagon procurement prices, the cost of switching the stationery alone would be astronomical.
Pushy parents and cranky kids swarmed clothing stores and stationery stores on Sunday.
Yet the costs of trading Ms. for Mrs. are greater than stationery for some.
Historical Examples
It was a stationery and tobacco store, and I was right at his heels when he entered.
The CreviceWilliam John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
A square envelope, belonging, in fact, to the ship's stationery.
The Shadow-LineJoseph Conrad
There was no stationery in the desk, but Mary had a pocket diary in her chatelaine bag.
A Woman for MayorHelen M. Winslow
And he did it in three weeks, after beginning as a clerk in the stationery.
Brother CopasSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He saw that the stationery cabinet had been disturbed and laughed.
The Daffodil MysteryEdgar Wallace
stationery
- any writing materials, such as paper, envelopes, pens, ink, rulers, etc
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confusable
Avoid confusion with stationary
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Word Origin and History for stationery
n.
1727, from stationery wares (c.1680) "articles sold by a stationer," from stationer "seller of books and paper" (q.v.). Roving peddlers were more common in the Middle Ages; sellers with a fixed location were often bookshops licensed by universities. The Company of Stationers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, was founded 1556.
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