c/o

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Preposition

c/o

  1. Abbreviation of 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.”
  2. Initialism of 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. Template:examples-right

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