"relo" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: relo

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Such insight was not available when corporations left their employees to handle their own moves, since the figures were too fragmented to collect. To some extent, “relo” services have now become a clearinghouse for resale data.

Article or Document Title:
“Sluggish Resale Market For Houses Shown In Employee Relocation Data”

Author:
Alan S. Oser

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
New York Times

Date of Publication:
Apr. 24, 1981

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