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Definition 2024
c_o
c/o
See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"
English
Alternative forms
- ℅
- c/-
Abbreviation
- care of
- Anna c/o Bob (“Anna at Bob's address”)
- Send your mail to me c/o Mr. John Smith.
- “But he sent it to you, didn't he?” “No, he sent it to himself c/o me.”
- certificate of origin, a document used for shipping purposes. Describes country of origin of a given product.
Usage notes
Care of, usually abbreviated as c/o on envelopes, signifies an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee. For example when the addressee has no standard address, is under a corporate mail system, or is being manually forwarded mail sent to a more accessible location.
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Mr. John Q. Teacher |
Translations
An intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.
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