fao

(also FAO)

Definition

› abbreviation for for the attention of: written on a business letter or document to say who you want the letter to be read by: On the envelope was written "FAO Hal Bennett".

(Definition of fao from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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