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Agenda item

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, agenda item means: A single subject planned for discussion or decision during a meeting.

In Turkish: gündem maddesi

How it is used

Used in meeting planning, minutes, and chairing when listing topics, allocating time, or moving to the next point.

Example sentences

  1. Budget approval was the first agenda item, so the chair asked everyone to open the revised spreadsheet immediately.

    Here, agenda item identifies one specific topic in the meeting order, showing what the group discusses at that moment.

  2. Please send any additional agenda item to the team secretary by noon so it can appear on tomorrow's notice.

    In this sentence, the term means an individual discussion point proposed before the meeting is finalised and circulated.

Common collocations

  • add an agenda item
  • final agenda item
  • agenda item list
  • next agenda item
  • agendaA list of the topics to be discussed at a meeting, in the order they will be discussed, usually sent to participants beforehand.
  • action itemA task agreed at a meeting, with a person responsible for it and usually a date by which it must be done.

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