letter of credit
- n 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
letter of intent
- n any letter expressing an intention to take (or forgo) some action
leto
- n wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology
letter
- n a written message addressed to a person or organization
mailed an indignant letter to the editor - n the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
his grandmother taught him his letters - n owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
- n a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
he followed instructions to the letter
he obeyed the letter of the law - n an award earned by participation in a school sport
he won letters in three sports - v win an athletic letter
- v set down or print with letters
- v mark letters on or mark with letters
letter bomb
- n a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened
- v send an explosive to
letter bond
- n a bond that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public
letter box
- n a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
- n public box for deposit of mail
- n a private box for delivery of mail
letter of jeremiah
- n an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
letter of mark and reprisal
- n a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
letter of marque
- n a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
letter of the alphabet
- n the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
letter opener
- n dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books