Stationery

Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pens, pencils, erasers, paper clips, staples, etc., and refers to all products sold by "stationers". The term "stationery" is frequently used to refer more specifically to paper used for written correspondence, usually decorated and/or personalized with matching envelopes.

Related Topics:
Paper - Office supplies - Envelope - Notepad - Pen - Pencil - Eraser - Paper clip - Staples

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By extension the term has been applied to decorative backgrounds that may be attached to email correspondence (though this has never found favour) or to describe templates typically used by home users in desktop publishing software to make, for example, party invitations.

Related Topics:
Desktop publishing - Software

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The word is sometimes confused with stationary, meaning "not moving". A useful mnemonic is "stationery has an e for envelope".

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Station'''a'''ry - Mnemonic

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