letterhead

[ let-er-hed ]

noun

1. a printed heading heading on stationery, especially one giving the name and address of a business concern, an institution, etc.
2. a sheet of paper with such a heading. heading.

letterhead

/ ˈlɛtəˌhɛd /

noun

1. a sheet of paper printed with one's address, name, etc, for writing a letter on

Word History and Origins

Origin of letterhead¹

First recorded in 1885–90; letter ¹ + head

Example Sentences

The letter was written on official-looking state letterhead and stamped with a fake Pennsylvania seal.

From Salon

It is startling, even horrifying, to turn the pages of an archival folder in a beautiful Yale research library and come across such incendiary and racist language on official Supreme Court letterhead and dated during one’s own lifetime.

From Slate

Now never-before-seen letters and memos show that behind the scenes at the court, Justice Lewis Powell, an influential jurist with an undeserved reputation for decency and moderation, used wildly racist code words on the court’s letterhead as he strenuously—and successfully—drove a decision in City of Mobile v.

From Slate

It says everything about the success of Powell’s campaign to reimagine right-wing political combat in America that he drafted it on Supreme Court letterhead to the attention of another justice.

From Slate

His statement, filed on Supreme Court letterhead and overflowing with Alito’s trademark aggrievement, is best interpreted as either an unreconstructed piece of lawless trolling or a meditation on the nature of female autonomy.

From Slate

Related Words

• card
• note
• pad
• poster
• sheet
• stationery