Out-tray (Noun)
Meaning
A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Don't leave your papers loose on the desk, place them neatly in the out-tray for collection.
- The out-tray is almost full, please collect the outgoing documents for mailing.
- She had three trays on her desk: one in-tray for incoming documents, one out-tray for outgoing documents, and a bigger tray for papers she was still working on.
- After completing the task, Emma placed the signed documents in the out-tray for dispatch to the intended recipients.
- To improve the office's filing efficiency, a new in-tray and out-tray system was implemented for all employees.