cover note

British  

noun

1. a certificate issued by an insurance company stating that a policy is operative: used as a temporary measure between the commencement of cover and the issue of the policy

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Example Sentences

Internal emails show that a copy was sent to White House staffers, with a cover note that read, “For POTUS.”

From Washington Post

I can imagine Lampard sending his cover note to Aston Villa and forgetting to change the top from ‘To Delia Smith’.

From The Guardian

The email directed the staff member to “sort out and fedex on Monday to Dr. Chao, and my sisters. Please draft a cover note — let me see it-telling them what we are sending.”

From Washington Post

The email directed the staff member to “sort out and fedex on Monday to Dr. Chao, and my sisters. Please draft a cover note -let me see it-telling them what we are sending.”

From Seattle Times

“If I had been at the National Security Council under either Bush or Obama, and this had come in, I would have slapped a cover note on top of it, sent it up the chain to the national security adviser and said, ‘Sir, I want to flag this,’” Ms. Slotkin said.

From New York Times