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noun, plural -dums, -da 
[-duh] .
[-duh] . 1.
a short note designating something to be remembered, especially something to be done or acted upon in the future; reminder.
2.
a record or written statement of something.
3.
an informal message, especially one sent between two or more employees of the same company, concerning company business: an interoffice memorandum.
4.
Law. a writing, usually informal, containing the terms of a transaction.
5.
EXPANDDiplomacy. a summary of the state of an issue, the reasons for a decision agreed on, etc.
6.
COLLAPSEa document transferring title to goods but authorizing the return of the goods to the seller at the option of the buyer.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: something to be noted, noun use of neuter of memorandus, gerundive of memorāre to mention, tell
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: something to be noted, noun use of neuter of memorandus, gerundive of memorāre to mention, tell
Related forms
pre·mem·o·ran·dum, noun, plural -dums, -da.
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Memorandum
is always a great word to know.
So is testify. Does it mean:
| a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement |
| to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court |
Example Sentences
- Granted, he was off thinking about topics in his discipline, and not about how to write the next memorandum.
- Gold announced the faculty's approval of the new grading system in a memorandum to students last month.
- At the end of my course, all of my students know how to write an informative précis or memorandum.
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Word Origin & History
memorandum
1433, from L. memorandum "(thing) to be remembered," neut. sing. of memorandus, gerundive of memorare "to call to mind," from memor "mindful of" (see memory). Originally a word written at the top of a note, by 1542 it came to stand for the note itself.
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