complimentary close
Look at other dictionaries:
complimentary close — ˌcomplimentary ˈclose noun [countable usually singular] the usual way of ending a formal business letter. If you address the letter Dear Sir/Madam , you end it Yours faithfully ; if you address the letter to a particular person, you end it Yours … Financial and business terms
Complimentary close — Complimentary close, or Complimentary closing is the term, expression, or phrase which immediately precedes the signature on a note, letter, or correspondence, most often written. The word or words so written express the esteem or regard for the… … Wikipedia
complimentary close — noun Date: 1919 the words (as sincerely yours) that conventionally come immediately before the signature of a letter and express the sender s regard for the receiver called also complimentary closing … New Collegiate Dictionary
complimentary close — noun or complimentary closing : the word or words that conventionally come immediately before the signature of a letter and express the sender s regard for the receiver (as very truly yours, sincerely yours, cordially) * * * noun, pl ⋯ closes… … Useful english dictionary
complimentary close — com′plimen′tary close′ [[t]kloʊz[/t]] also com′plimen′tary clos′ing n. the part of a letter that by convention immediately precedes the signature, as “Very truly yours,”“Cordially,” or “Sincerely yours.” … From formal English to slang
close — I adj., adv. /klous/ near 1) close to (close to tears; we live close to town; close to the truth) stingy (colloq.) 2) close with (close with one s money) secretive 3) close about (close about one s past) on intimate terms 4) close to, with (close … Combinatory dictionary
close — closable, closeable /kloh zeuh beuhl/, adj. closely /klohs lee/, adv. closeness /klohs nis/, n. v. /klohz/; adj., adv. /klohs/ or, for 56, /klohz/; n. /klohz/ for 66, 67, 70 72, 74, 75, /klohs/ for 68, 69, 73, v., closed … Universalium
complimentary closing — noun see complimentary close … New Collegiate Dictionary
complimentary closing — noun see complimentary close … Useful english dictionary
Complimentary language and gender — Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs. Positive face, according to Brown and Levinson, is “the positive consistent self image or ‘personality’ (crucially including the desire that this self image be appreciated … Wikipedia
