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  1. Office supplies

    Office supplies are consumables and equipment regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, by individuals engaged in written communications, recordkeeping or bookkeeping, janitorial and cleaning, and for storage of supplies or data. The range of items classified as office supplies varies, and typically includes small, expendable, daily use items, consumable products, small machines, higher cost equipment such as computers, as well as office furniture and art.

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  1. office supplies

    Office supplies refer to a wide range of materials and equipment that are used in daily office operations and activities. These supplies include, but are not limited to, stationery, paper, writing instruments, folders, binders, notepads, calculators, printers, scanners, toner cartridges, staples, paper clips, sticky notes, organizers, desk accessories, and other consumables commonly found in an office setting. These supplies are essential for routine administrative tasks, documentation, communication, and overall productivity within an office environment.

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  1. Office supplies

    Office supplies are all the supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations. It includes small, expendable, daily use items such as paper clips, post-it notes, and staples, small machines such as hole punches, binders, staplers and laminators, writing utensils and paper, but also encompasses higher-cost equipment like computers, printers, fax machines, photocopiers and cash registers, as well as office furniture such as chairs, cubicles, filing cabinet, and armoire desks. Two very common medium-to-high-cost office equipment items before the advent of suitably priced word processing machines and PCs in the 1970s and 1980s were typewriters and adding machines. Many businesses in the office supply industry have recently expanded into related markets for businesses like copy centers, which facilitate the creation and printing of business collateral such as business cards and stationery, plus printing and binding of high quality, high volume business and engineering documents. Some businesses also provide services for shipping, including packaging and bulk mailing. In addition, many retail chains sell related supplies beyond businesses and regularly market their stores as a center for school supplies with August and early September being a major retail period for Back to school sales.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of office supplies in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of office supplies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of office supplies in a Sentence

  1. Woody Allen:

    Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

  2. Woody Allen:

    It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.

  3. The FTC:

    The commission has reason to believe that the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot is likely to eliminate beneficial competition that large companies rely on to reduce the costs of office supplies.


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