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outbox

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
out‧box, out box [countable]
1TD the place in a computer email program where messages that you have not sent yet are stored ➔ inbox
2 American English a container on an office desk that is used to hold letters, documents etc that have been dealt with and are ready to be taken away by someone such as a secretary [= out tray British English]
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