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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Memorandum \Mem`o*ran"dum\, n.; pl. E. {Memorandums}, L.
     {Memoranda}. [L., something to be remembered, neut. of
     memorandus, fut. pass. p. of memorare. See {Memorable}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a
        note to help the memory.


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              I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook.
                                                    --Guardian.
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              I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make
              memorandums of the regulations of the academies.
                                                    --Sir J.
                                                    Reynolds.
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     2. (Law) A brief or informal note in writing of some
        transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an
        instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form.
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     {Memorandum check}, a check given as an acknowledgment of
        indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not
        be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up
        on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem.
        written on its face.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  memorandum
       n : a written proposal or reminder [syn: {memo}, {memoranda}]
       [also: {memoranda} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "memorandum":
     adversaria, aide-memoire, annotation, announcement, chit, cue,
     diary, directive, dispatch, docket, entry, epistle, flapper,
     footnote, hint, item, jogger, jotting, letter, marginal note,
     marginalia, memo, memoir, memorial, message, minute, minutes,
     missive, notation, note, notice, prompt, prompter, prompting,
     record, register, registry, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder,
     scholia, scholium, tickler
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MEMORANDUM, insurance. A clause in a policy limiting the liability of the 
  insurer. Its usual form is as follows, namely, "N. B. Corn, fish, salt, 
  fruit, flour and seed, are warranted free from average, unless general, or 
  the ship be stranded: sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins, are 
  warranted free from average, under five percent; and all other goods, also 
  the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three percent 
  unless general, or the ship be stranded." Marsh. Ins.223; 5 N. S. 293; Id. 
  540; 4 N. S. 640; 2 L. R. 433; Id. 435. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MEMORANDUM. Literally, to be remembered. It is an informal instrument 
  recording some fact or agreement, so called from its beginning, when it was 
  made in Latin. It is sometimes commenced with this word, though written in 
  English; as "Memorandum, that it is agreed," or it is headed with the words, 
  "Be it remembered that," &c. The term memorandum is also applied to the 
  clause of an instrument. 
  
  

















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