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121Letter (paper size) — The paper size Letter is the most common paper size for office use in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and a few other countries. (The most commonly used paper size outside North America is the international standard A4 sized paper.)… …
122Letter opener — A letter opener, or paperknife, is a knife like object used to open envelopes or to slit uncut pages of books. Electric versions are also available, which work by using motors to slide the envelopes across a blade. These have the advantage of… …
123Letter of credit — Credit Cred it (kr[e^]d [i^]t), n. [F. cr[ e]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust;… …
124Letter of Nanse — The letter of Nanše was one of the first attempts to agree on common standards of weights and measures, specifically to weigh silver with standard weights and to standardize the size of reed baskets in order to promote peaceable trade between… …
125Letter of inquiry — A letter of inquiry is a general term used for a number of different kinds of business letters addressed to a company. For example, applicants usually send a letter of inquiry (with an enclosed CV) to the employer from whom they would like to… …
126Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon — The Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon was a communication written by six elders of the Karaite Jewish community of Ascalon and sent to their coreligionists in Alexandria nine months after the fall of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. The… …
127letter stock — noun stock that has not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cannot be sold to the general public • Hypernyms: ↑letter security * * * noun Etymology: so called from the letter signed by the purchaser stating that the… …
128letter — 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 …
