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memorandum

/ˌmeməˈrandəm/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A foundational document subscribed by a company's first members stating their intention to form it.

Each subscriber signed the memorandum, agreeing to take at least one share in the new company.

Topic: Company & governance in Legal English

Business noun

A written note recording terms or setting out a proposal.

Both sides signed a memorandum of understanding.

Similar: memo

Topic: Deals in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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