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letterhead

American  
[let-er-hed] / ˈlɛt ərˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a printed heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.

  2. a sheet of paper with such a heading.


letterhead British  
/ ˈlɛtəˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a sheet of paper printed with one's address, name, etc, for writing a letter on

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of letterhead

First recorded in 1885–90; letter 1 + head

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“I told him I didn’t remember if we had already discussed, but that she couldn’t accompany him on trips,” Manuel wrote in a previously unreported note on Aug. 29, 2024, handwritten on Michigan letterhead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The statutes will stay on the books, and the commissions will keep their letterhead and their seals.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

It purported to be from a barristers' chambers called 7BR, which told the BBC it had "reported this incident to the police on the basis that someone appears to have fraudulently misused the 7BR letterhead".

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

Affordable housing grantmakers, lenders and urban planning regulators share agency letterhead with cannabis and alcohol industry overseers, professional licensors, car mechanic watchdogs and everyone at the California Horse Racing Board.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2025

Mrs. Reilly took the sheet of paper and read the typed column of itemized figures beneath the contractor’s letterhead.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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