In-tray

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket. British, Ireland
  2. 2
    a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material wordnet
  3. 3
    The amount of new work yet to be done. broadly

    "What will be at the top of the new General Secretary's in-tray?"

Synonyms

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filing trayin-basketinbox

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"She could never find the motivation to make significant inroads into the work piling up in her in-tray."

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