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c/o vs c.o.

Both "c/o" and "c.o." are correct and commonly used abbreviations in English. They stand for "care of" and are used to indicate that a letter or package is to be delivered to someone at the address provided. The choice between the two abbreviations is a matter of personal preference or house style.

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c/o

This is a correct and commonly used abbreviation in English.

It stands for "care of" and is used to indicate that a letter or package is to be delivered to someone at the address provided.

Examples:

  • Please send the package c/o John Smith.
  • The letter was addressed c/o the company's headquarters.
  • Address: Vaduz, Liechtenstein (formerly c/o Asat Trust reg.).
  • This Decision is addressed to Cargill Incorporated, c/o Cerestar, Havenstraat 84, B-1800 Vilvoorde.
  • To Mr Leon Trotsky, c/o General Delivery...
  • address of other plant: c/o IMA srl (Industria Meridionale Alcolici), Via Isolella 1, I-91100 Trapani
  • Defendants: Ufficio Centrale Circoscrizionale c/o Tribunale di Catania and Others
  • Postal address: c/o Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 10-9010, 1000 Monrovia, Liberia
  • Address: Zona industriale Macomer c/o Consorzio Latte, 08015 Macomer NU, ITALIA
  • Address: | Via F.lli Bandiera, 16 - c/o Consorzio di Bonifica della Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese - I-13100 Vercelli |
  • Address: Livestock Strategy Division, 9 Millbank (Area 5B), c/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, United Kingdom Attention: Roger J Walsh |
  • The candidatures should be sent to the President of the Parliament, c/o the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr Rmer (LOW T12008)
  • c/o Hafiz Darya Shipping Company, No. 60, Ehteshamiyeh Square, 7th Neyestan Street, Pasdaran Avenue, Tehran, Iran;
  • Bank Al Taqwa Limited (aka Al Taqwa Bank) (aka Bank Al Taqwa), PO Box N-4877, Nassau, Bahamas; c/o Arthur D. Hanna & Company, 10, Deveaux Street, Nassau, Bahamas.
  • c/o Reconnaissance General Bureau Headquarters, Hyongjesan-Guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea, (b) Nungrado, Pyongyang, DPRK.
  • 'Nada International Anstalt. Address: Vaduz, Liechtenstein (formerly c/o Asat Trust reg.). Other information: Liquidated and deleted from Commercial Registry. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 3.9.2002.'
  • Address: (a) Storvretsvagen 92, 7 TR. C/O Drioua, 142 31 Skogas, Sweden
  • c/o the Director-General of Finance
  • Please return the questionnaire to madi.sharma@esc.eu.int or fax to 01159799333, or mail Madi Sharma, EESC, c/o 40 Ridge Hill, Lowdham, Notts. NG14 7EL, UK.
  • c/o... (surname and given name(s))
  • There's a letter there, sent by his C/O after the war.
  • "To The Lonely Wolf c/o Jakob Wolski"

Alternatives:

  • care of
  • in care of
  • c/o (care of)

c.o.

This is a correct and commonly used abbreviation in English.

It also stands for "care of" and is used in the same way as "c/o" to indicate the recipient of a letter or package.

Examples:

  • The parcel was sent to the office c.o. the manager.
  • Please address the envelope c.o. the event coordinator.
  • Talking to his C.O. in MTAC.
  • Joe's C.O. sent an incident report from Afghanistan.
  • C.O. wouldn't have reported him U.A.
  • C.O. filed the U.A. paperwork today.
  • Left Special Forces two weeks after his C.O.
  • They got my number two and the C.O.
  • [Laughs] You must be the new C.O.
  • Ziva, talk to his C.O. again.
  • C.O. called them born leaders.
  • Report to your c.O. No later than 2400.
  • C.O. most likely got in undetected.
  • I got to have a signed order from the C.O.
  • C.O. wants Grant, Liebgott, Wynn, Jackson... Shiftyfrom3rd Platoon and Webster.
  • C.O. confirmed that's why she was in San Diego the past three days.
  • The C.O. ordered the bioman left behind to die.
  • You should be C.O. now, he comes in and...
  • Don't worry I won't tell your C.O.
  • His c.o. sent him here because he trusts me.
  • His c.o. sent him here because he trusts me.
  • For application forms, see your C.O.

Alternatives:

  • care of
  • in care of
  • c/o (care of)

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