stationery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   writing and office materials such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, and notebooks

   The shop sold newspapers, toys, and stationery near the front counter.

2. 2
   noun

   paper and matching envelopes designed for writing letters

   She wrote the invitation on cream stationery with a blue border.

From stationer + -y. A stationer was originally a merchant with a fixed station or shop, then especially a bookseller and seller of writing materials. Stationery is therefore historically related to station and must not be confused with stationary ("not moving").

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