c/o
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Abbreviation of care of, used to identify an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.
prep
Abbreviation of corner of; frequently used especially in Namibia for physical addresses.
noun
Initialism of certificate of origin, a document describing a product's country of origin.
Example Sentences
- "1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Sunday I penned my letter, Monday I mailed it c/o the high school."
- "Anna c/o Bob"
- "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.”"
- "She was admitted to the hospital 6 days ago with c/o nausea, vomiting, and RUQ [right upper quadrant of the abdomen] pain. Her diet has not advanced beyond clear liquids, which she failed to tolerate on two attempts. Roa continues to c/o nausea and RUQ pain."
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
d/o
s/o