letter of advice
Americannoun
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a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
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Commerce. a document from the drawer notifying the drawee that a bill of exchange has been drawn.
noun
Etymology
Origin of letter of advice
First recorded in 1675–85
Example Sentences
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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
Firmstone silently handed Hartwell the copy of his original letter of advice and the totalled figures of the recent weighing.
From The Blue Goose by Frank Lewis Nason
"Certainly I am," replied Traugott, and he felt how the remembrance of the ridiculous episode of the letter of advice drove the hot blood into his face.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
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