Letter
Meanings and phrases
letter
- a written message addressed to a person or organization; missive
- the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character
- owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
- a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
- an award earned by participation in a school sport; varsity letter
letter
- win an athletic letter
- set down or print with letters
- mark letters on or mark with letters
n.
- an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry; Epistle of Jeremiah
n.
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capital; uppercase; upper-case letter; majuscule
- The origin is often labelled with the capital letter "O".
- He signed his work “beltran” without a capital letter or accent mark.
- A corresponding capital letter is at U+01A6 Ʀ, called "Latin Letter Yr".
n.
- a letter of credit given to a business concern for commercial purposes
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- a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information; covering letter
n.
- a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information; cover letter
n.
- the state of something that has outlived its relevance; non-issue
- mail that can neither be delivered nor returned; dead mail
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- a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world; encyclical
n.
- a letter of intent saying that a letter security is being bought for investment and not for resale; avoids need for SEC registration
n.
- a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened; parcel bomb; package bomb
n.
- a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public
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- a private box for delivery of mail; mailbox
- a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for; Post-Office box; PO Box; POB; call box
- public box for deposit of mail; postbox; mailbox
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- a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit
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- any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
- The 1963 letter of intent from Sandys confirmed this in Rhodesia's eyes.
- Ebanks signed his letter of intent with Bob Huggins' West Virginia University.
- Brown signed a national letter of intent to enroll at UConn on February 2, 2005.
n.
- a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation; letter of marque; letters of marque
n.
- a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation; letters of marque; letter of mark and reprisal
- He received a letter of marque on 8 November 1808.
- He acquired a letter of marque on 29 October 1805.
- That day Robertson also acquired a letter of marque.
n.
- the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; letter; alphabetic character
n.
- dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books; paper knife; paperknife
n.
- writing paper for use in writing correspondence
- paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes; stationery
n.
- a stock or bond that is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold in the public market
n.
- stock that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public
n.
- a personal letter to a loved one expressing affection; billet doux
- In class she receives an anonymous love letter.
- One day, Amalan gives Nivedita a love letter.
- Berger calls it a "love letter to European silent cinema."
lower-case letter
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case; small letter; lowercase; minuscule
n.
- a letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public
- Choksi has protested his innocence in an open letter.
- Thirty one of them signed an open letter to Yad Vashem.
- In 2015, Gurira signed an open letter begun by the ONE Campaign.
n.
- a letter dealing with personal affairs
- President Reagan was not there but wrote Schuur a personal letter afterwards.
- John received a personal letter from Sir Alex Ferguson thanking him for the song.
- Butt did intend to meet with Pius, and he carried with him a personal letter from Taft.
n.
- any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; rune
n.
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case; lowercase; lower-case letter; minuscule
n.
- a letter of credit given to a traveler; traveller's letter of credit
n.
- a letter of credit given to a traveler; traveler's letter of credit
upper-case letter
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capital; capital letter; uppercase; majuscule
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- Some did artwork, and she wrote a letter in character.
- Wolf wrote a letter to talk about the album.
- She wrote a letter to Chadral Rinpoche who confirmed this.
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- Not long before Luke had sent a letter to Cora declaring his love.
- The Guyanese government sent a letter to Venezuela on 8 January 1969.
- Horiuchi sent a letter of testimony that he did not know these facts.
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- He received a letter of marque on 8 November 1808.
- Rebozo received a letter threatening his life in 1974.
- Captain William Clark received a letter of marque on 23 May 1803.
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- The title derives from a letter written by Karl Marx.
- Claire gives Christine a letter written to her by Ben.
- According to a letter written by Captain D.W. Knox, USN (ret.)
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- Eustis had sent his first letter of 18 June by special messenger.
- He earned his first letter playing center for the LSU Tigers football team.
- Martin finds Max's first letter incomprehensible, as it seems to be in code.
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- wrote Peter in a letter dated 13 August 1710.
- The king requested the pope to confirm it in a letter dated May 1253.
- His letter of 14 July 1732 was answered by a letter dated 31 October 1732.
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- In response, 57 former EPA counsels signed a letter criticizing Pruitt's directive.
- In 2018 Merpati Nusantara signed a letter of intent for 10 Irkut MC-21-300 aircraft.
- In June, Skyways signed a letter of intent to purchase a number of Avro 748 aircraft.
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- They embraced Islam peacefully on 630 AD upon receiving the letter sent from Muhammad through 'Amr ibn al-'As.
- The letter sent out to parents saying the school would become and academy on 1 July was sent out on Monday, 4 July.
- It was marketed by Zircon as "Channel F Jet-Stick" in a letter sent out to registered owners before Christmas 1982.
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- ATCvet codes can be created by placing the letter Q in front of the ATC code of most human medications.
- By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Wolf.
- By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Heis.
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- Back in San Francisco, a letter addressed to Martin is returned stamped "Address Unknown".
- Another 1991 letter addressed to Baker used similar language implying Hamas control of the zakat charities.
- Rolfe, in a voice over, reads a letter addressed to their only son about his deceased Native American mother.
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- Then she receives a letter from Lansquenet-sous-Tannes from Armande Voizin.
- His work is going well when in 1909 Stephen receives a letter from Lady Mary Justin.
- At the end of the novel, Harry receives a letter from Shiro, postmarked two weeks earlier.
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- As a result, JANA Partners and CalSTRS issued a second letter of support.
- She wrote a second letter on 4 March 1943, this time to her late husband's parents.
- In this second letter, Hopkinson did not mention designing the flag of the United States.
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- In his last letter, he complained about the way German women dressed.
- This was to be his last letter and he did not live to see the city retaken.
- In his last letter to her, Vivekenanda wrote, "You have been a good angel to me".
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- Against each letter was a key that could be pressed.
- A pause of 1.5 seconds separates each letter.
- He signed each letter with a smiley face.
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- Spain is reportedly planning to join the program in the later stages and is expected to sign a letter of intent in early 2019.
- Because of its historical values, The education minister of Gujarat sign a letter for showing the movie to children of Gujarat.
- While Allen had verbally committed to Monmouth, he was still available for recruitment as he had yet to sign a letter of intent.
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- However, another letter of the 28th mentioned Voss by name.
- Hearing her crying, Jojo writes another letter retracting the first one.
- A musical tone every few seconds served as a signal to add another letter.
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- He had heard that anyone could write a letter to the emperor now, and he did so before leaving.
- With Kralahome still plotting to over throw the king, he write a letter to the British claiming Anna is in danger.
- Top Rank's Bob Arum stated he would write a letter to the WBA informing them Bryant Jennings would be available and not skipped.
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- In 1989 magazines published a letter by Gilman Louie, head of Spectrum Holobyte.
- Richardson published a letter in 2014 in "The Huffington Post" defending himself against the accusations.
- Following his release, Nyrabia published a letter of thanks to everybody who participated in the campaign
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- Therefore, when the secretary called him he carried a letter of resignation with him.
- Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj submitted a letter of resignation from parliament on 23 April 2012.
- Raya's letter of resignation declared that the Church hierarchy forced his decision to leave his post.
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- He acquired a letter of marque on 29 October 1805.
- That day Robertson also acquired a letter of marque.
- He acquired a letter of marque on 28 March 1809.
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- At age 20, he had an early letter published by "The New York Times" in 1903.
- A letter published in the "Novascotian" in 1835 led to charges of libel against Howe.
- In July 1907, a letter published in "The Times" called the case against Haffkine "distinctly disproven".
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- Dr. Askeland also found it suspicious that the author of the fragment wrote the same letter in different ways.
- Martin deliberately ignored the writing rule of never giving two characters names starting with the same letter.
- It is not uncommon for all lines in a verse to begin with a word starting with the same letter or a similar-sounding letter.
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- If a girl writes a letter, it will only be to a male.
- In September 1895, Lenin writes a letter to Lalayants about his .
- He writes a letter: "Dear Helen, you will be better off without me.
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- The winners are given a letter of recommendation and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh (USD 1500 approx.)
- On their way to Moscow, Lalayants meets with Lenin and receives a letter of recommendation from him.
- Dutton wrote Henderson a letter of recommendation to Yale School of Drama where Henderson graduated in 2011.
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- Others may feel fine writing a lab report, but writing a letter to loved one triggers the anxiety.
- At this time, 17 prominent members left the Congress, writing a letter of succession detailing why.
- The film included a scene in which Mussolini appeared writing a letter and summoning a man to post it.
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- Less commonly, a single letter can represent multiple successive sounds.
- A single letter may even fill multiple pronunciation-marking roles simultaneously.
- However the Scottish Gaelic name of the island of Iona comprises a single letter, Ì.
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- After the wedding, however, an anonymous letter exposed her.
- Pritchard was apprehended after an anonymous letter was sent to the authorities.
- In the summer of 1855, an anonymous letter signed simply "A Miner" appeared in the "Oregon Statesman."
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- In 1962 he issued his pastoral letter "Ut Unum sint".
- Dobbs wrote his first pastoral letter to CANA on January 24, 2014.
- He condemned the Nazi "worship of race" in a pastoral letter on 29 January 1934.
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- Maria even got ready his resignation letter in disgust.
- Saavedra was given a period of 72 hours to present his resignation letter.
- She had already handed in her resignation letter shortly before her wedding.
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- On 25 February, Pack issued a letter to Amnesty members and staff.
- He was issued a letter of marque on 16 July, i.e., after he had left.
- Two days later, Dupont announced that he had issued a letter of accreditation to Reedman for presentation to Nogueira.
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- A letter signed by renowned business leaders sent to all U.S.
- Openshaw subsequently also received a letter signed "Jack the Ripper".
- In the summer of 1855, an anonymous letter signed simply "A Miner" appeared in the "Oregon Statesman."
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- His letter of introduction to Monsieur de Tréville, the commander of the Musketeers, is stolen.
- Tucker arrived in Richmond with a letter of introduction from St. George to Governor James Monroe.
- A letter of introduction from David Stirling said of him at the end of this period: "He has done well on our raids.
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- The first public letter boxes (post boxes) in Russia appeared in 1848 in St. Petersburg.
- That same year, Marshall penned a public letter of encouragement to his Hollywood colleagues serving overseas.
- Though La Monte did not campaign actively for his candidacy, President Wilson wrote a public letter warmly endorsing him.
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- They had wrote him a letter stating your arrival.
- He did, however, write at their request a letter stating that the laws forbade coinage of silver provided by the public.
- The Bogd Khan dispatched a delegation of lamas to Beijing with a letter stating that the people of Mongolia did not want to abolish autonomy.
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- Endless letters, and I mean when he wrote you a letter he wrote pages."
- According to a letter he wrote in 1897, he flew the British Merchant Navy's Red Ensign flag over his house.
- Thayer, in a letter he wrote in 1905, mentions Kelly as showing "impudence" in claiming to have written the poem.
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- In her view letter writing as an art "has only just come into existence".
- The society has long conducted letter writing campaigns to influence legislation.
- This rapidly changed, however, as petitions and letter writing campaigns got nowhere.
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- This advice was rejected, and a further letter was sent to Herennius.
- The third letter was sent from Lisbon after the completion of that voyage.
- Pritchard was apprehended after an anonymous letter was sent to the authorities.
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- In a private letter, Schellenberg dismissed Jenkinson as "an old fossil".
- The term "post box" can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
- He states that "a private letter may have a signatory—it does not have an author".
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- In 1990, surviving internees began to receive individual redress payments and a letter of apology.
- The execution was said to have been conducted quite poorly by Ketch, who later wrote a letter of apology.
- Sources told technology news website "The Verge" that he had been fired for refusing to sign Tim Cook's letter of apology.
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- Wedding invitation A wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding.
- Cross was expecting Kyle Craig, who had faxed Cross a letter asking for help with the Mr. Smith case.
- The main character receives a letter asking for assistant from an old friend named Ardo, now living in Ferdok.
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- Bardot wrote him a highly critical letter of protest.
- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors was outraged and sent a letter of protest to CBS.
- The pope soon learned of this and sent a letter of protest to Pedro II who disregarded it.
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- Kellaghan submitted a letter saying the offence had not happened.
- John sends Charlotte a letter saying he hopes to meet with her when she's ready.
- Few days ago, the Pune police had received a letter saying Qateel's death would be avenged.
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- Upon Carter's 1980 defeat, she sent him a long letter thanking him for his efforts.
- "So Long a Letter", Mariama Bâ's first novel, is literally written as a long letter.
- A long letter written by Harrison from Utrecht to Swift on 16 December 1712 is in the latter's works, 1883 ed., xvi.
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- Hence Pontius was persuaded to send a letter to his father, Herennius.
- And now send a letter to that man [whom you have bought the slave from] and ask him whether he has another female slave.
- On three leaves of absence he managed to craft the logs, send a letter from Lhasa with his new intended schedule, and send off the logs.
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- Low had written a letter saying that he had had "a good time with "ANIMAL FARM"—an excellent bit of satire—it would illustrate perfectly."
- In July 1939, Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein had written a letter warning the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, of the danger.
- Krogstad informs Nora that he has written a letter detailing her crime (forging her father's signature of surety on the bond) and put it in Torvald's mailbox, which is locked.
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- Later, Pirlot received an official letter thanking him for the suggestion.
- In January 1906 she wrote an official letter to Princess Beatrice proposing the match.
- Goldstein also says that a 1943 British official letter "reconfirmed that Britain considered Tibet as part of China."
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- The final letter from Pascal, in 1657, had defied Alexander VII himself.
- Most tellingly, Meck asked Tchaikovsky, in her final letter, not to forget her.
- Exceptions to this rule are some words with the final letter ( in the reformed orthography) () and sometimes the ordinal numerals (, etc.
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- He was also a two-year letter winner in basketball.
- With University of Arizona, he was a letter winner in both 1985 and 1986.
- Rathman was a three-year letter winner in football at the University of Nebraska.
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- The letter stated the Land Board had taken the liberty of refusing bids other than the Jaycee’s.
- The letter stated that the appeal was "not arguable" due to the nature of the "deeply unpleasant offence".
- The rejection letter stated, "The University of Maryland does not admit Negro students and your application is accordingly rejected."