LETTER

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French lettre, from Latin littera ~ of the alphabet, litterae, plural, epistle, literature Date: 13th century a symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet, 2. a direct or personal written or printed message addressed to a person or organization, a written communication containing a grant, 3. plural but singular or plural in construction literature , belles lettres , learning , the strict or outward sense or significance , 5. a single piece of type, a style of type, the initial of a school awarded to a student for achievement usually in athletics, II. verb Date: 1668 transitive verb to set down in ~s ; print , to mark with ~s, intransitive verb to win an athletic ~, ~er noun III. noun Date: 1552 one that rents or leases