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n. - A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold material to be sent.

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Usage examples (12)
  • He signed it unread and hurled it into his out-tray.
  • She was giving up her seats and her position, as stated on the letters now lying in her printer's out-tray.
  • An hour earlier the last file, containing his final minutes, had been collected by the uniformed messenger as quietly and unceremoniously as if this final emptying of his...
  • My only complaint is that the out-tray (or folding shelf, really) is not connected well.
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