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memo

noun

  1. type of short documents
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛməʊ̯/ / /ˈmɛmoʊ̯/ / /ˈmiːməʉ/

noun

Etymology: Clipping of memorandum.

  1. A short note; a memorandum.

    According to yet another leaked memo, Powell responded the next day. Powell's leaked memo conceded that al Qaeda were not POWs, and that the Taliban individually or as a group might also lose their entitlement to that status.

  2. A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.

    The first is that the recursive call finds its subproblem solution in the memo and returns immediately.

verb

Etymology: Clipping of memorandum.

  1. To record something; to make a note of something.
  2. To send someone a note about something, for the record.

    I made sure to memo him about the client's complaints.