Definition of Memorandum

1. Noun. A written proposal or reminder.

Exact synonyms: Memo, Memoranda
Generic synonyms: Note
Specialized synonyms: Aide-memoire, Position Paper

Definition of Memorandum

1. n. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory.

Definition of Memorandum

1. Noun. a short note serving as a reminder ¹

2. Noun. a written business communication ¹

3. Noun. a brief diplomatic communication ¹

4. Noun. a page in an annual publication honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Memorandum

1. [n -DA or -DUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Memorandum

memoize
memoized
memoizes
memoizing
memome
memomes
memorabilia
memorabilities
memorability
memorable
memorableness
memorablenesses
memorably
memoranda
memoranda of understanding
memorandum
memorandum of understanding
memorandums
memorandums of understanding
memorat
memorate
memorated
memorates
memorating
memorative
memorial
memorial park
memorial parks
memorial service
memorial services

Literary usage of Memorandum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"CHAPTER XX SATISFACTION OF THE STATUTE BY A Memorandum IN WRITING Some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale 567 Form of memorandum 568 ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The description of the property is not set forth in the memorandum itself, ... What Is expressly said in the memorandum itself of the deed misdescribes the ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"That this bill of parcels was of itself a sufficient memorandum under the Statute ... To charge a party upon an insufficient memorandum, added to by another ..."

4. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"When the sanction of the judge to the drawing, accepting, making, and indorsing bills of exchange and promissory notes is given H memorandum as above is ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William Hardcastle Browne (1894)
"Signature to the Memorandum. The signing of the agreement by one party only is ... It suffices, if the note or memorandum be made by a broker employed to ..."

6. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"Memorandum, March 18, of four American experts, regarding Italian claims to ... The Italians, in their memorandum presented to the Council of Ten on 11 ..."

7. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
""Herewith I send you my answer to my son the Crown Prince's memorandum of September. For your better guidance I return you the memorandum together with your ..."

8. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Frederick Pollock, Franklin Strawn Dickson (1888)
"We will here only refer very briefly to the question of what is a sufficient memorandum of a contract within the Statute. Mr. Benjamin exhibits (p. ..."

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