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Phrases 134
- Republic of LettersThe intellectual community in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the Americas, exchanging ideas by circulating handwritten letters.
- letters of creditplural of letter of credit: A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against …
- capital lettersplural of capital letter: An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.
- Letters and ScienceThe humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, considered together.
- letters patentA type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; to record a contract.
- cover lettersplural of cover letter: A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.
- chain lettersplural of chain letter: A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or …
- letters of intentplural of letter of intent: A legal document outlining one or more agreements between two or more parties before the actual agreements are finalized
- letters of administrationplural of letter of administration: A document issued by a court that grants an individual the authority to act as the estate administrator.
- arts and lettersThe fine arts and literature, considered together.
- love lettersplural of love letter: A letter written to express the author's love for the intended reader.
- letters of recommendationplural of letter of recommendation: A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.
- letters of peaceSynonym of pacifical letters: Documents recommending the bearer as one in peace and fellowship with the church.
- letters of referenceplural of letter of reference: A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.
- letters of conductplural of letter of conduct: A safe-conduct, a document guaranteeing safe passage through hostile territory.
- letters to the editorplural of letter to the editor: A letter written to a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, usually intended for publication, about issues of concern to readers.
- letters closeA sealed legal document, once issued by a monarch or government, granting a right, title etc to a person or corporation.
- man of lettersA literary man; a scholar or author.
- letters of adviceplural of letter of advice: A formal letter informing someone of an event or action that has occurred.
- call lettersCall sign.
- letters of requestSynonym of letters rogatory: A formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance.
- letters of introductionplural of letter of introduction: A type of correspondence used as an introduction of an acquaintance to a third party.
- letters of attorneyplural of letter of attorney: A power of attorney document.
- letters of last resortplural of letter of last resort: A handwritten letter from the British Prime Minister to the commanding officers of nuclear submarines, specifying the action to be taken if an enemy nuclear strike destroys the British government.
- letters of comfortplural of letter of comfort: A letter that is not legally binding but provides some form of assurance about the financial position of an entity.
Compound words 17
- newslettersplural of newsletter: A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.
- airlettersplural of airletter: An aerogram.
- blacklettersplural of blackletter: A highly calligraphic Western European script style used from approximately 1150.
- bloodlettersplural of bloodletter: One who performs bloodletting (the removal of blood in the hope of curing illness).
- eyelettersplural of eyeletter: A machine for making eyelets.
- leaflettersplural of leafletter: A person who distributes leaflets.
- lettersetsplural of letterset: A set of letters of the alphabet.
- lettershopsplural of lettershop: A business that provides custom printing services, typically for the purpose of direct marketing.
- letterspacesplural of letterspace: A space as wide as a single text character.
- LetterstonA village and community in north Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9429).