etiquette

  1. Noun.  The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
  2. Noun.  The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
  3. Noun.  A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail.

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