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BLIND COPY [2 records]

Record 1 2023-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[A notation] used ... on the carbon copy of a letter or other document sent to a third person without the addressee's knowledge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Mention utilisée sur une copie d'une lettre ou d'un autre document envoyés à une tierce personne, sans la connaissance du destinataire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 2 2021-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Business and Administrative Documents
  • Forms Design
DEF

A copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.

CONT

Usually, a hard copy of a business letter is mailed to a single recipient. In some cases, the sender may want to forward a copy of the letter to one or more other individuals ... When you don't want the primary recipient or [carbon copy] recipients of the letter to know that you have sent the letter to a third party, you send a blind carbon copy, also called a blind courtesy copy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
  • Imprimés et formules

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos comerciales y administrativos
  • Diseño de formularios
DEF

Copia de una carta o un mensaje de correo electrónico en cuyo original no queda constancia de que dicha copia se haya enviado a otro destinatario.

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