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in-box, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈɪnbɒks|, U.S. |ˈɪnˌbɑks|
[‹ in adv. + box n.2 Compare earlier in-tray n.]
A. n.
1. U.S. = in-tray n.
1958K. E. Boulding Skills of Economist iii. 89 The executive..receiving sentences and paragraphs in his ‘In’ box and grinding them into different sentences and paragraphs in his ‘Out’ box in the manner of a mill grinding wheat into flour. 1979United States 1980/81 ((Penguin Travel Guides)) 472 The men and women who hold the destiny of the nation in their In boxes also play very hard. 1999EuroBusiness Sept. 101/2 By the end of my White House tenure, receiving a subpoena was a routine matter, another item in the in-box.
2. Computing and Telecomm. The (notional) part of an electronic mailbox in which incoming messages are stored; the window in which a user can view these messages.
1977Proc. 5th Symp. Data Communications (Assoc. Computing Machinery) vi. 2 Incoming messages are appended to a special ‘inbox’ file. 1985Data Communications (Nexis) Sept. 279 He..log[s] on to the local computer to scan his electronic mail, that is, to view a list of all messages in his electronic in-box. 2002What Mobile Apr. 25/1 You should get in to [sic] the habit of deleting old texts routinely, otherwise your inbox will fill up very quickly. 2003Marie Claire Dec. 202/1 Then I saw it in my inbox—a message from Anna.
B. adj. (attrib.). U.S. depreciative (orig. Polit.). Designating or having an approach to government or management in which issues are dealt with expeditiously on an individual basis, rather than in accordance with a consistent policy or vision.
1989Business Week 25 Dec. 41/1 He was content to react to crises as they flared up—an approach that American Enterprise Institute analyst William Schneider says typifies Bush's ‘in-box Presidency’. 1990Atlantic Jan. 40/3 It is an in-box approach to governing. You respond to problems as they reach your desk, and you do whatever is necessary to get them off your desk. 1994Amer. Legion Oct. 75/2 They get so wrapped up in the minutiae that they can become ‘in-box managers’ rather than visionary leaders. 2002Chicago Tribune May ii. 4/2 One of his strengths is that his is not an inbox presidency. |