letter of advice

American  

noun

1. a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.

2. Commerce. a document from the drawer notifying the drawee that a bill of exchange has been drawn.

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letter of advice British  

noun

1. a commercial letter giving a specific notification, such as the consignment of goods

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Etymology

Origin of letter of advice

First recorded in 1675–85

Example Sentences

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letter of advice

A letter of advice from a columnist who has covered high schools since 1976.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023

Hours later, Assistant Attorney General Kathryn M. Rowe issued a letter of advice saying Maryland courts would find the lookback window unconstitutional.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2019

But Manziel and Baker Mayfield don’t have that much in common, certainly not enough for a letter of advice from the former to the latter.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2018

They were standing beside one of the four granite pillars which support the vaulted roof of the hall, and close to the figures which Traugott had drawn in the letter of advice.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

A year after his election Bæda sent him a letter of advice which tells us a good deal about the state of the Church.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William