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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

In an unsigned letter on Tesla letterhead addressed to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

Two days later, Francie received a reply on an exciting letterhead: a pair of shears lying on a folded newspaper with a pot of paste nearby.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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