in-basket

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Noun in-basket has 1 sense

in-basket, in-tray - a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material
--₁ is a kind of receptacle
Antonyms: out-basket, out-tray

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In-Basket

In-basket, as a noun, refers to a small basket or tray commonly used to hold incoming mail, documents, or tasks for a specific person.

Examples:

She placed the letters in the in-basket and sorted them later.
Please put your assignments in my in-basket on the desk.
The secretary organized the papers in the in-basket for easy access.

In the context of work or business, in-basket can also refer to an exercise or task used in management training. Participants are given a simulated set of documents or emails that they need to prioritize and respond to, testing their organizational and decision-making skills.

Examples:

The employees were challenged with an in-basket exercise to assess their managerial abilities.
During the management training program, Sarah had to complete an in-basket task within a given time frame.