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c/o

c/o is the abbreviation of care of.

c/o is the abbreviation of complain of.

c/o is the abbreviation of corner of.

c/o is the initialism of certificate of origin.

Meaning of care of

Preposition

care of

  1. (postal) For distribution by (the named intermediary).
    • Could you please send this package to Mr. John Smith, care of the Northwest Shelter?

Forms of c/o

Preposition
alternative form℅
alternative formc/-
Noun
pluralc/o's
pluralc/os
alternative formC/O
alternative formCO

Questions about c/o

What is c/o the abbreviation of?
C/o is the abbreviation of care of.

Words near c/o in the dictionary

  1. C.S.I.
  2. C.Z.
  3. c/-
  4. C/N
  5. C/Ns
  6. c/o
  7. C/P
  8. c/s
  9. c/w
  10. c00l
  11. C10K problem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: c/o (page history and authors); care of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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