Definition of "letterhead" []

• The heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper, usually consisting of a name and an address. (noun)
• Stationery imprinted with such a heading. (noun)

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• ""The letterhead is an old one," he said by telephone from Lom é, Togo's capital."
• "Stamp is as familiar to him as to you, yet he prefers to say 'letterhead' -- because he does."
• "MR. HERMANT: Members and Guests of The Empire Club of Canada: We are to hear an Address today by Mr. George V. Ferguson, Editor-in-Chief of the Montreal Daily Star which, according to its letterhead, is Canada's Greatest Newspaper."