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Originally it referred to all products sold by a stationer, whose name indicates that his book shop was on a fixed spot, usually near a university, and permanent, while medieval trading was mainly ambulent, by Peddler s (including Chapmen , who sold books) and others (such as farmers and craftsmen) at non-permanent markets such as fairs.

  • By extension the term has been applied to decorative backgrounds that may be attached to e-mail correspondence (though this has never found favour) or to describe templates typically used by home users in Desktop Publishing Software to make, for example, party invitations.


  • The word is sometimes confused with the homophone adjective Stationary , meaning "not moving", which is also derived from Latin ''statio''. A Mnemonic is "station'''e'''ry has an '''e''' for '''e'''nvelope".



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