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rejection slip

noun

Definitions

  1. A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for…

    A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.

    • The rejection slip was so tactfully worded that he felt kindly toward the editor.
    • The editor . . . returned the manuscript with a rejection slip. Anthony sent it off elsewhere and began another story.
    • I told my writers . . . by the end of the term they'd have to bring in either a rejection slip or a check from a publisher.

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