A law that is a large-scale attempt by a government to regulate business in the interest of society at large.

A handwritten letter from the British Prime Minister to the commanding officers of nuclear submarines, specifying the action to be taken in the event that an enemy nuclear strike destroys the British government.

plural of Red-Letter Christian

plural of dead letter office

(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of let

Able to be let (that is, rented or leased).

Any of a set of standard optotypes resembling the letters C, D, H, K, N, O, R, S, V and Z.

A member of a non-denominational movement within Christianity, especially evangelicalism, that emphasises political activism on issues of social justice about which Jesus has made pronouncements.

A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

(finance, banking) A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter.