letter of instructions

  • 1letter — let‧ter [ˈletə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail: • Please sign the letter and mail it back within two weeks. alloˈcation ˌletter also alˈlotment ˌletter FINANCE a letter… …

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  • 2letter — letter, epistle, missive, note, message, dispatch, report, memorandum are comparable when they mean a communication sent or transmitted as distinct from one conveyed directly from source to recipient (as by oral utterance). Letter is the ordinary …

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  • 3letter — 1 noun (C) 1 a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail: Bart s writing a letter to his parents. | I got a long letter from Melanie today. | mail a letter AmE: Can you mail this letter for me on your way out? …

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  • 4letter — [[t]le̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦ letters, lettering, lettered 1) N COUNT: also by N If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post. I had received a letter from a very close friend. ...a letter of… …

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  • 5Letter of credit — After a contract is concluded between buyer and seller, buyer s bank supplies a letter of credit to seller …

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  • 6letter of credit — An obligation issued by a bank on behalf of a bank customer to a third party. There are many different kinds of letters of credit. The two most common are commercial letters and standby letters. A commercial or trade letter of credit is a bank… …

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  • 7letter — let|ter1 W1S1 [ˈletə US ər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: lettre, from Latin littera] 1.) a written or printed message that is usually put in an envelope and sent by mail letter from/to ▪ I got a long letter from Melanie today. ▪ Bart …

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  • 8Letter of credence — A letter of credence is a formal letter sent by one head of state to another head of state that formally grants diplomatic accreditation to a named individual (usually but not always a diplomat) to be their ambassador in the country of the head… …

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  • 9Dear colleague letter (United States) — A Dear Colleague letter is official correspondence that is sent by a Member, committee, or officer of the United States House of Representatives or United States Senate and that is distributed in bulk to other congressional offices.[1] A Dear… …

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  • 10De Profundis (letter) — De Profundis (Latin: from the depths ) is an epistle written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas. During its first half Wilde recounts their previous relationship and extravagant lifestyle which… …

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