c/o
Mail routing notation
C/o stands for "care of" and appears in addresses when mail should reach someone through an intermediary: Send it c/o her parents' address.
The notation directs delivery to the named person at someone else's location—a workplace, host, or institution.
Jane Smith, c/o Riverside Hotel.
Through another's address
- addressSpeak to formally
- forwardingRedirecting to another location
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- recipientOne who receives something
delivery · attention · postal · letter · package · parcel · routing · mailroom
Focused mental awareness
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- representativeOne who acts for another
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- organizationStructured group with purpose
corporate · office · contact person · firm · agent · intermediary · professional · formal
care of
Through another's address
- addressSpeak to formally
- forwardingRedirecting to another location
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
recipient · delivery · attention · postal · letter · package · parcel · routing · mailroom · addressee
attention
Focused mental awareness
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- representativeOne who acts for another
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
organization · corporate · office · contact person · firm · agent · intermediary · professional · formal · correspondence