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Minutes

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/ˈmɪnɪts/nounCore term

In office & administration, minutes means: The official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions were agreed.

In Turkish: toplantı tutanağı, tutanak, toplantı notları

How it is used

Someone takes the minutes during the meeting, then writes them up and circulates them. At the next meeting, the group often approves "the minutes of the last meeting". Minutes are more formal and complete than ordinary meeting notes.

Example sentences

  1. Could you take the minutes today? Deniz is on leave.

  2. The minutes of the last board meeting were approved without changes.

Common collocations

  • take the minutes
  • write up the minutes
  • circulate the minutes
  • approve the minutes
  • minutes of the meeting
  • 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.
  • apologiesIn meetings, a formal message from someone who cannot attend; in minutes, the list of people who said in advance that they could not come.
  • circulateTo send a document, such as an agenda, minutes or a memo, to all the people who need to see it.
  • memoA short written message sent inside an organisation to give information, announce a change or ask staff to do something.

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