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reminder

noun
USri-MYN-dur/ɹɪˈmaɪndəɹ/Sayri-MYN-duhUK/ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/AUS/ɹɪˈmɑɪndə(ɹ)/

Pluralreminders

2 meanings of reminder

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person or thing that prompts someone to remember something they might otherwise forget.

    The empty chair at dinner was a painful reminder of her absence.

    He set several reminders on his calendar before the project deadline.

    Similarprompt, memento, cue, alert

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A written notice telling someone that a payment is still owed and now due.

    The supplier sent a polite reminder when the invoice went unpaid for thirty days.

    After two reminders, the firm escalated the matter to a collections agency.

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    Note

    Accounts departments use the word for a formal stage in collecting a debt: the courteous notice sent before dunning or legal steps begin. Reminders tend to come in sequence, first and then final, and ignoring them is how a bill of 80 cents can end in a 200-euro penalty. It narrows the everyday sense to a document with money attached.

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Origin

Formed from the verb "remind" combined with the suffix "-er."