Letter

  • 41letter — let•ter [[t]ˈlɛt ər[/t]] n. 1) a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usu. transmitted by mail 2) a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and is… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42letter — A symbol of the alphabet, representing a sound, at least in theory. A communication, usually through the mail, by one person to another in the form of writing or typewriting. A classification of mailable matter; the first class of mailable matter …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 43letter — Attorney At*tor ney, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn[ e], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And will have no attorney but myself …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 44letter — 1. noun /ˈlɛt.ə,ˈlet.ə,ˈlɛt.ɚ/ a) A symbol in an alphabet, bookstave. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. b) A written message. See also note. I wrote a letter to my sister about my life …

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  • 45Letter —    In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The oldness of the letter (7:6) is a phrase which denotes the old way of literal outward obedience to the law as a system of mere external rules of conduct. In 2 Cor. 3:6, the letter means the Mosaic… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 46letter — Буква (Character, Letter)     Графический знак, часть алфавита [упорядоченный список букв языка], который сам по себе или в сочетании с другими знаками используется для обозначения на письме звуков, фонем и их типичных комбинаций. Литера (Letter …

    Шрифтовая терминология

  • 47letter — noun 1) capital letters Syn: alphabetical character, character, sign, symbol, mark, figure, rune; Linguistics grapheme 2) he wrote Len a letter Syn: written message, message, written communication, communicat …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 48letter — /ˈlɛtə / (say letuh) noun 1. a communication in writing or printing addressed to a person or a number of persons. 2. one of the marks or signs conventionally used in writing and printing to represent speech sounds; an alphabetic character. 3. a… …

  • 49letter — / letə/ noun 1. a piece of writing sent from one person or company to another to ask for or to give information 2. ♦ to acknowledge receipt by letter to write a letter to say that something has been received 3. a written or printed sign (such as… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 50Letter — Symbol; Schriftzeichen; Zeichen; Buchstabe; alphabetisches Zeichen; Charakter; Alphazeichen * * * Let|ter [ lɛtɐ], die; , n: a) metallenes Stäbchen mit einem in Metall gegossenen Buchstaben, mit dessen Hilfe beim Drucken Buchstaben auf das Papier …

    Universal-Lexikon