Meaning & use
EOI
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Meanings
abbreviationcountablebusiness
A written request from a company or organization asking suppliers to say whether they are interested in doing a job.
Grammar: Countable: you can say an EOI or several EOIs.
Patterns
- submit an EOI
- issue an EOI
- respond to an EOI
The city council issued an EOI for the new bridge project.
We submitted our EOI before the Friday deadline.
Several firms responded to the EOI for the catering contract.
abbreviationcountable or uncountablebusinessformal
Expression of interest; a statement that you would like to be considered for something.
Grammar: Often written in full as 'expression of interest' in formal letters.
Patterns
- register your EOI
- an EOI form
- send an EOI
Please register your EOI for the training course by email.
She sent an EOI to the university's exchange program.
The housing office asks applicants to file an EOI first.
Word forms
| plural | EOIs |
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Common combinations
- submit an EOI
- Contractors must submit an EOI to be considered.
- issue an EOI
- The ministry issued an EOI for the solar farm.
- EOI deadline
- The EOI deadline is next Monday at noon.
- respond to an EOI
- Only three companies responded to the EOI.
Synonyms and how they differ
- expression of interest
- The full form; use it in formal writing when the reader may not know the abbreviation.
- request for information
- Similar but usually asks for details rather than a statement of willingness to take part.
Commonly confused: EOI or EIO?
EOI vs EIO
A different abbreviation (Employer Identification Number); check the letters carefully.
Practice
The council ___ an EOI for the new library last week.
Choose one answer.
'Issued an EOI' is the standard collocation for officially announcing a request. 'Made' is too general, and 'did' and 'took' do not fit this business phrase.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “EOI”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.