in-tray

noun

A desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.

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Meanings

nounin-tray (plural in-trays)

plural in-trays

  1. IrelandUKA desktop organizer; inbox, in-basket.
  2. broadlyThe amount of new work yet to be done.

    What will be at the top of the new General Secretary's in-tray?

    2021 May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, in RAIL, number 931, page 51

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material

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in-basket
Broader
receptacle
Also see
filing trayin-basketinbox

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

in-tray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-tray

MLA

“in-tray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-tray. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in-tray,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in-tray.

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