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memoranda

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mem·o·ran·dum  (mm-rndm)
n. pl. me·mo·ran·dums or me·mo·ran·da (-d)
1. A short note written as a reminder.
2. A written record or communication, as in a business office.
3. Law A short written statement outlining the terms of an agreement, transaction, or contract.
4. A business statement made by a consignor about a shipment of goods that may be returned.
5. A brief, unsigned diplomatic communication.

[Middle English, to be remembered (used as a manuscript notation), from Latin, neuter sing. gerundive of memorre, to bring to remembrance; see memorable.]

memoranda
an informal collection of data to be remembered or preserved.
See also: Collections and Collecting
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.memorandamemoranda - a written proposal or reminder
note - a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
aide-memoire, position paper - a memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)

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In that surprising tangle there were words in minute letters - "gales," "thick fog," "ice" - written by him here and there as memoranda of the weather.
Taking from his clothing a small red-leather pocketbook, one-half of which was leaved for memoranda, he discovered that he was without a pencil.
Maxwell stood by his desk with his hands full of telegrams and memoranda, with a fountain pen over his right ear and his hair hanging in disorderly strings over his forehead.
 
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