c/o
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Preposition[edit]
- 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.”
- Initialism of certificate of origin, a document used for shipping purposes. Describes country of origin of a given product.
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Examples (mailing address) |
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Mr. John Q. Teacher |
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee
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Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English c/o. According to SO attested since 1906.
Pronunciation[edit]
As English "care of".
Preposition[edit]
- c/o
- Anders Anderson c/o Sven Svenson, Kungsgatan 12
- Anders Anderson c/o Sven Svenson, King's Street 12