covering letter

noun

1. an accompanying letter sent as an explanation, introduction, or record

Example Sentences

Lots of places still ask for a CV and a covering letter when you're applying for a job.

From BBC

His students discover routes into college or a career in a VR world where they can pull together the elements of covering letters and job application forms.

From BBC

Governments have been invited to give their "feedback" to the draft before Sept. 6, according to a covering letter sent to the United Nations by Chinese environment minister Huang Runqiu.

From Reuters

When the insertions arrived in Florence, the covering letter from Riccardi included the sentence, ‘the author may alter or embellish the wording, so long as the substance is preserved’.

From Literature

The tribunal was told he sent an insensitive covering letter for the bill, writing: "I have never charged them for professional services provided. More fool me you might say."

From BBC