| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun memorandum.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (memorandum) | 1. A written proposal or reminder.[Wordnet]. 2. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory.[Websters]. 3. A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form.[Websters]. | |
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Date "MEMORANDUMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Specialty Definition: memorandum
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] plu. memorandums or memoranda. A note to help the memory. I entered a memorandum in my pocketbook.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Business | 1: A usu. brief informal communication typically written for inter office circulation on a paper headed "memorandum". . . Source: European Union. (references) | 2: A usu. brief informal communication typically written for inter office circulation on a paper headed "memorandum. " Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dream Interpretation | 1: To dream that you make memoranda, denotes that you will engage in an unprofitable business, and much worry will result for you. 2: To find a memorandum, you will assume new duties that will cause much pleasure to others. 3: To lose your memorandum, you will experience a slight loss in trade. 4: To see others making a memorandum, signifies that some person will worry you with appeals for aid. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Environment | A written communication much like a letter but having no salutation or complimentary ending. Usually used within or between offices of the same organization. (references) | ||
| Geography | An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at low. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Law | 1: MEMORANDUM, insurance. A clause in a policy limiting the liability of the insurer. Its usual form is as follows, namely, "N. B. Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour and seed, are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded: sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins, are warranted free from average, under five percent; and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three percent unless general, or the ship be stranded." Marsh. Ins.223; 5 N. S. 293; Id. 540; 4 N. S. 640; 2 L. R. 433; Id. 435. (references) | 2: MEMORANDUM. Literally, to be remembered. It is an informal instrument recording some fact or agreement, so called from its beginning, when it was made in Latin. It is sometimes commenced with this word, though written in English; as "Memorandum, that it is agreed," or it is headed with the words, "Be it remembered that," &c. The term memorandum is also applied to the clause of an instrument. (references) | |
| Technology | A formal note distributed internally to one or more persons in a company, agency, organization, or institution, with a header indicating the date it was sent and stating to whom it is addressed (To:), from whom it is sent (From:), and the subject of the text (Re:). Unlike a letter, a memo does not require a full salutation or signature at the end of the text--the sender may simply initial his or her name in the header. Plural: memoranda. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | A memorandum is a written form of communication most often employed in business environments. It is used as a means of communication between executives and their employees. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] a brief diplomatic communication. (references) | 2: [Noun] a page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year. (references) | 3: [Noun] a short note serving as a reminder. (references) | 4: [Noun] a written business communication. (references) |
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Common Expressions: memorandum
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Coup by Memorandum | The Coup by memorandum is the second military coup of Turkey carried out on March 12, 1971. The same definition can be attained to the 1997 resignation of Necmettin Erbakan on a similar warning by the army. (references) | ||
| Hossbach Memorandum | The Hossbach Memorandum was the summary of the minutes of a meeting in November 1937 between Adolf Hitler and his military leadership, laying out his plans to precipitate an aggressive war that would eventually be known as World War II in Europe. The memorandum was named for the keeper of the minutes of the meeting, Hitler's military adjutant, Colonel Count Friedrich Hossbach. (references) | ||
| Memorandum check | A check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Memorandum of understanding | A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing an agreement between parties. It is a more formal alternative to a gentlemen's agreement, but less formal than a contract. (references) | ||
| Memorandum opinion | A memorandum opinion is a judicial opinion which does not create precedent, persuasive or mandatory. A memorandum are often brief and written only for the purpose for announcing judgment in a particular case. By definition, they cannot by cited as case law. (references) | ||
| National Security Study Memorandum 200 | National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM200) was completed on December 10, 1974 by the U.S. National Security Council under the direction of Henry Kissinger. Its full title is National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests. It was adopted as official U.S. policy by President Gerald Ford in November of 1975. It was originally classified, but was later declassified and obtained by researchers in the early 1990s. (references) | ||
| Powell Memorandum | Powell Memorandum In 1971, Justice Powell wrote the famous Powell Memorandum to a friend at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo called for corporate America to become more aggressive in molding politics and law in the U.S. and may have sparked the formation of one or more influential right-wing think tanks. (references) | ||
| Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum (1999) | The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, full name: The Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum on Implementation Timeline of Outstanding Commitments of Agreements Signed and the Resumption of Permanent Status Negotiations was a memorandum signed on September 4, 1999 by Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, overseen by the United States represented by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The memorandum was witnessed and co-signed by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan. (references) | ||
| Transylvanian Memorandum | The Transylvanian Memorandum was a petition sent in 1892 by the leaders of the Romanians of Transylvania to the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph, asking for Romanians equal national rights with the Hungarians and demanding the cessation of persecutions and the attempts at denationalization of the Romanians. (references) | ||
| Wye River Memorandum | The Wye River Memorandum was a political agreement negotiated to implement the earlier Interim Agreement of 28 September, 1995 brokered by the United States between Israel and the Palestine Authority completed on October 23, 1998. It was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. It was negotiated at Wye River, MD (at the Wye River Conference Center) and signed at the White House with President Bill Clinton playing a key role as the official witness. On November 17, 1998, Israel's 120 member parliament, the Knesset, approved the Wye River Memorandum by a vote of 75-19. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: memorandum
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Federal Home Loan Bank Board Memorandum | Finance | The former Bank Board published several memorandum series that included interpretations of regulations, instructions on compliance, and opinions. The primary series were the R, T, SP, AB, and PA memos, all of which are being replaced by Thrift Bulletins and Regulatory Bulletins published by the Office of Thrift Supervision. (references) | |
| Informational Memorandum Series | Census | Memoranda issued by the Decennial Management Division to document Census 2000 information other than that documented in the Decision Memorandum Series. The series includes Program Master Plans. (references) | |
| Joint Security Assistance Memorandum | Military | A Joint Strategic Planning System document providing US military views on alternate funding levels projected for US financed SA program elements. The JSAM is based on individual US Diplomatic Mission and SAO submissions of the AIASA and the JSPD/SA, as well as Unified Command comments on both. (references) | |
| Memorandum Bill of Lading | Economics | Sometimes the duplicate (non-original) copies of bills of lading are marked "Memorandum" and are intended for informational purposes only. (references) | |
| Memorandum bill of lading | Transportation | An in-house bill of lading. A duplicate copy. (references) | |
| Memorandum check | Law | MEMORANDUM CHECK. It is not unusual among merchants, when one makes a tem- porary loan from another, to give the lender a check on a bank, with the express or implied agreement that it shall be redeemed by the maker himself, and that it shall not be presented at the bank for payment. If passed to a third person, it will be valid in his hands, like any other check. 11 Paige, R. 612. (references) | |
| Memorandum Freight Bill | Shipping | See Multiple Containerload Shipment. (references) | |
| Memorandum item | Business | An item shown on the balance sheet, but not included in the balance sheet total, such as contingent claims or liabilities for other possible risks or claims. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Memorandum of agreement | Agriculture | An agreement between federal agencies, or divisions/units within an agency or department, or between federal and state agencies, which delineate tasks, jurisdiction, standard operating procedures or other matters which the agencies or units are duly authorized and directed to conduct. Sometimes referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU). (MOA). (references) | |
| Memorandum of Agreement | Archeological | Document prepared under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A MOA details an agreement between parties (such as the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and a federal agency) on what may be done to resolve any adverse effects of an action on the cultural environment. (MOA). (references) | |
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