Okuzeka
Office & Administration vocabulary · Scheduling & Calendars

RSVP

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In office & administration, RSVP means: A request on an invitation asking the recipient to say whether they will attend.

In Turkish: katılım durumunuzu bildiriniz

How it is used

Used on invitations, often with a response date and contact details; the abbreviation comes from the French répondez s'il vous plaît.

Example sentences

  1. The invitation says RSVP by Friday so we can confirm the catering numbers.

    The abbreviation requests an attendance response before catering is confirmed.

  2. Please add an RSVP email address to the printed invitations.

    Guests need a destination for their replies about attending.

Common collocations

  • RSVP by Friday
  • RSVP deadline
  • RSVP email address
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • time slotA fixed period of time in a schedule that is available for, or given to, a particular meeting, call, visit or activity.

More terms: Scheduling & Calendars

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: