Memorandum
[memə'rændəm] or [,mɛmə'rændəm]
Definition
(n.) A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Note, minute.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you make memoranda, denotes that you will engage in an unprofitable business, and much worry will result for you. To see others making a memorandum, signifies that some person will worry you with appeals for aid. To lose your memorandum, you will experience a slight loss in trade. To find a memorandum, you will assume new duties that will cause much pleasure to others.
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Examples
- Have you made any memorandum--in your diary, or otherwise--of what you wanted to say to me? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I handed him the letter, and the memorandum. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But he merely drew out a memorandum-book in which he had scribbled some dates. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He then referred to a memorandum. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But the second--the memorandum--produced a strong impression on him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From first to last, sir, the Sergeant said she had got a memorandum of the hiding-place. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She had omitted to make a memorandum beforehand of the day on which she took the journey. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I mean a note of the terms--a memorandum of what he is expected to do. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Herbert would also take a sheet of paper, and write across it with similar formalities, Memorandum of Herbert's debts. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her insolence roused no angry feeling in me; I only made a private memorandum to pray for her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It contained papers, love-letters many years old--all sorts of small trinkets and woman's memoranda. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I will go into the library and write you some memoranda from my uncle's letter, if you will open the shutters for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But I had not done with it yet; and other memoranda were destined to be set down in characters of tint indelible. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then turning to Will, she said, I have some memoranda to write for the housekeeper. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All the bills and accounts I owed I jabbed on one hook; and memoranda of all owed to myself I put on the other. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He now drew out his notebook and jotted down one or two memoranda. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My credentials, entries, and memoranda, are all comprehended in the one line, 'Recalled to Life;' which may mean anything. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Just exactly as you please, sir, answered the general once more, as he made some memoranda on the back of his receipt book. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He made neither notes nor memoranda, but the examination required all the day, which happened to be a Saturday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their books and memoranda, even their letters, were potsherds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were the pencilled marks and memorandums on the wainscot by the window. Jane Austen. Emma.
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