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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.
   littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,
   literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub
   over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by
   graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered
   with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf.
   {Literal}.]
   1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,
      or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a
      first element of written language.

            And a superscription also was written over him in
            letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke
                                                  xxiii. 38.

   2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in
      intelligible characters on something adapted to
      conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.

            The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and
            natural.                              --Walsh.

   3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]

            None could expound what this letter meant.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact
      signification or requirement.

            We must observe the letter of the law, without doing
            violence to the reason of the law and the intention
            of the lawgiver.                      --Jer. Taylor.

            I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of
      type.

            Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing
            house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
                                                  --Evelyn.

   6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.

   7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop},
      etc.

   {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept.

   {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed
      or delivered.

   {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman;
      specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters
      to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects
      letters to be mailed.

   {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches.
      

   {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,
      unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a
      part of it are in such a position (indicated by a
      particular combination of the letters) as to permit the
      bolt to be withdrawn.

            A strange lock that opens with AMEN.  --Beau. & Fl.

   {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a
      size of paper intermediate between note paper and
      foolscap. See {Paper}.

   {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the
      end, used in making the matrices for type.

   {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an
      administrator or administratrix is authorized to
      administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.

   {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under
      {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc.

   {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a
      debtor's time for paying his debts.

   {Letters close or clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs
      directed to particular persons for particular purposes,
      and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --
      distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.

   {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and
      sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has
      regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,
      etc.

   {Letters patent}, {overt}, or {open} (Eng. Law), a writing
      executed and sealed, by which power and authority are
      granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right;
      as, letters patent under the seal of England.

   {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper
      issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed
      for transmission by mail without an envelope.

   {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the
      proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,
      authorizing him to act as executor.

   {Letter writer}.
      (a) One who writes letters.
      (b) A machine for copying letters.
      (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of
          letters.

Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]t), n. [F. cr['e]dit (cf. It.
   credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of
   credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.]
   1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief;
      faith; trust; confidence.

            When Jonathan and the people heard these words they
            gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1
                                                  Macc. x. 46.

   2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem;
      honor; good name; estimation.

            John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown.
                                                  --Cowper.

   3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority
      derived from character or reputation.

            The things which we properly believe, be only such
            as are received on the credit of divine testimony.
                                                  --Hooker.

   4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or
      esteem; an honor.

            I published, because I was told I might please such
            as it was a credit to please.         --Pope.

   5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or
      favor of others; interest.

            Having credit enough with his master to provide for
            his own interest.                     --Clarendon.

   6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future
      playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or
      promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be
      trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations,
      communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.

            Credit is nothing but the expectation of money,
            within some limited time.             --Locke.

   7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on
      trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.

   8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered
      all items reckoned as values received from the party or
      the category named at the head of the account; also, any
      one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of
      {debit}; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that
      to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B.

   {Bank credit}, or {Cash credit}. See under {Cash}.

   {Bill of credit}. See under {Bill}.

   {Letter of credit}, a letter or notification addressed by a
      banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person
      named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money;
      when addressed to several different correspondents, or
      when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several
      different places, it is called a {circular letter of
      credit}.

   {Public credit}.
      (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the
          ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its
          pecuniary engagements.
      (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who
          owe largely in a community.

                He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and
                it sprung upon its feet.          --D. Webster.

資料來源 : WordNet®

letter of credit
     n : a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a
         customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the
         customer's credit