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in-tray

in-tray noun: a desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.

Noun

in-tray (plural in-trays)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.
  2. (broadly) The amount of new work yet to be done.
    • What will be at the top of the new General Secretary's in-tray?2021 May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, in RAIL, number 931, page 51

Forms of in-tray

pluralin-trays

Words formed from in-tray

Phrases with in-tray

Questions about in-tray

What does in-tray mean?
In-tray means a desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.
What part of speech is in-tray?
In-tray is a noun.
What is the plural of in-tray?
The plural of in-tray is in-trays.

Words near in-tray in the dictionary

  1. in-swinger
  2. in-swingers
  3. in-text
  4. in-toeing
  5. in-town
  6. in-tray
  7. in-tray exercise
  8. in-tray exercises
  9. in-trays
  10. in-tree
  11. in-trees

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