please be aware; please note; please understand
A polite, honorific set phrase used in formal requests or notifications to ask the listener to take note of something. Often appears in business correspondence or announcements.
Please be aware that next week's meeting has been postponed.
ご承知おきください、当店は月曜日が定休日でございます。
Please note that our shop is closed on Mondays.
ご了承ください asks the reader to accept or tolerate a situation, while ご承知おきください more formally asks them to be informed of it in advance.
Standard polite written form using 承知 and kana for おきください.
Variant with kanji 置き and 下さい; less common but still seen in formal writing.
A polite phrase combining ご (honorific prefix), 承知 (acknowledgment, understanding), おく (to put, to place; here as an auxiliary meaning 'to do in advance' or 'to keep in mind'), and ください (please). The literal sense is 'please keep it in your understanding'.