noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad
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a box of paints and a sketch pad
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Keep a telephone pad and a pen to hand.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
internal
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The former was written in the style of an internal memo while the latter was crass and patronising, he said.
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An internal memo from an official in Gov.
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Write replies to internal memos on the same piece of paper.
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Most have written both published columns and internal memos , including pointed criticism of specific stories and decisions.
■ NOUN
pad
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She scribbled something on her memo pad and slid the paper across the desk to him.
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I was looking through a desk drawer and came across the red leather memo pad that was part of the same set.
■ VERB
read
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And then Rudi went back to his desk and did something I never would have expected-he read his memo to Dean Fiellin.
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Instead of using your train time to read two more interoffice memos , give yourself a break and read something for fun.
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Amanda waited while the group read the memo .
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He looked the way I felt when I first read his memo .
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We assume he has informed the involved teams, but perhaps some failed to read the memo .
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You are sitting in your office, and your hand is shaking as you read the memo announcing a new corporate restructuring.
send
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I have sent out a memo to all staff reminding them of the procedure for sickness.
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They sent out the obligatory memo both before and after the project.
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She sent me memos , left Eugenia phone messages.
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It also sent the memo by certified mail, with return receipt requested.
write
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Don't make the call, don't write the memo , don't attend the meeting.
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There is nothing worse than asking students to write a memo to Macbeth.
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Use both sides of every piece of paper. Write replies to internal memos on the same piece of paper.
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Robert Pafford, the regional director, wrote a memo to Dominy discussing the options the Bureau had.
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Too many managers in this country want to sit in their offices and write memos .
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The order angered Marshall, who wrote the president a memo of compliance that also expressed objection to the commission.
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And try to minimize contact, she suggests. Write memos instead of dropping into his office.
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You write a memo on the one in the office, copy it to disk and take it home.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A memo went around the office, reminding staff of the new dress code.
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He noticed a memo from the chairman on Wilson's desk.
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I have sent out a memo to all staff, reminding them of the procedure for taking sick leave.
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Mr. Fitchel said he made the suggestion in a memo to his superiors.
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The Managing Director sent out a memo to all employees saying there would be a meeting at 10 o'clock.
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The meeting's been cancelled. Didn't you get my memo ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But memos at the time suggest the government knew exactly what was bound to happen, and turned a blind eye.
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But some doctors say while the memo may have been withdrawn, the unfairness remains.
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I sent him a stiffly worded memo telling him exactly what I thought of that.
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I tell him about a paper cut I got Xeroxing memos at work.
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Parmenter was handling the actual production of the memo on a suitable typewriter and stationery.
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People expect these two strata to answer the phone, to draft a memo .
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Propped up against his telephone was a fresh inter-departmental memo .
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Unfortunately, my memos were not getting read, because they were not getting through.