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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: 'thing to be remembered', from memorare; MEMORABLE

memorandum

 noun
     
Related topics: Law
mem‧o‧ran‧dum plural memoranda or memorandums [countable]
1 formalBBC a memo
2 lawSCL a short legal document that contains the important details of an agreement
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