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business envelope

American  

noun

  1. a postal envelope for standard-size business letters 8½ × 11 inches (20 × 28 centimeters), measuring about 4½ × 9 inches (11 × 23 centimeters).


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Editors recently opened an "official business" envelope from the Navy Department, pulled out two pages of poetry under the title Pacifism, by one Archibald Hopkins.*

From Time Magazine Archive

With a hyphenated surname, she would no longer fit into the window of a business envelope.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

She crossed the room again to straighten the stack of books on his lamp table, and was doing so when a pamphlet the size of a business envelope caught her eye.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Jean Craigmile threw her apron over her head and rocked herself back and forth, while Ellen set down her cup and reluctantly opened the letter––many pages, in a long business envelope.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne

"One letter, boss," he replied, producing an ordinary business envelope.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell