memoranda
Internal written communications
Memoranda is the Latin plural of memorandum, a written message or report, typically used in business or official contexts to communicate information within an organization.
While memorandums has become acceptable as an English plural, memoranda remains common in formal and legal settings.
The office circulated several memoranda regarding the new policy.
In diplomatic usage, memoranda often refers to formal position papers exchanged between governments.
Formal command or instruction
- circularForming a closed curve
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
- dispatchSend with speed
correspondence · policy · briefing · advisory · notification · announcement · proclamation · edict
Writing briefly
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- notationSystem of written symbols
- scribbleWrite without care
gloss · footnote · commentary · summary · abstract · briefing · postscript · shorthand
Storing documents systematically
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- vaultSecure storage chamber
collection · cataloging · indexing · retrieval · conservation · archivist · librarian · depository
Written proof or instructions
- filesStored data collections
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- ledgerFinancial record book
- logbookOfficial record of events
registry · database · chronicle · annals · transcripts · register · inventory · docket
Signals to begin
- alertsWarning notifications
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
- to-dosPending action items
- ticklersSources of mirth
follow-ups · deadlines · appointments · schedules · agendas · checklists · cues · nudges
directive
Formal command or instruction
- circularForming a closed curve
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
dispatch · correspondence · policy · briefing · advisory · notification · announcement · proclamation · edict · instruction
jotting
Writing briefly
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- notationSystem of written symbols
scribble · gloss · footnote · commentary · summary · abstract · briefing · postscript · shorthand · minutes
filing
Storing documents systematically
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
vault · collection · cataloging · indexing · retrieval · conservation · archivist · librarian · depository · retention
documentation
Written proof or instructions
logbook · registry · database · chronicle · annals · transcripts · register · inventory · docket · bookkeeping
prompts
Signals to begin
- alertsWarning notifications
- notificationsAutomated messages announcing events
- to-dosPending action items
ticklers · follow-ups · deadlines · appointments · schedules · agendas · checklists · cues · nudges · pending
- correspondenceletters, letter, handwritten letters, family letters, missives
- memosmemo, memos, internal memo, policy memo, legal memo
- pluralsmen, women, feet, mice, geese
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- Diplomatic Recordsdiplomatic pouches, dispatches, cables, credentials, peace treaties
- executive ordersexecutive orders, executive order, presidential directives, presidential decree, presidential proclamation
memorandaformal letters
Structured professional written messages
official correspondence · treaties · chat messages · charters · text messages
memorandapermanent records
archives · statutes · constitutions · monuments · inscriptions
- memorandum of understandingPreliminary accord document