BUSINESS LETTER • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Business letter

... letter must be on business; and, although he was with his little family when he opened his letter, he thought it well to glance at it before reading it aloud. The first few lines showed him that it was indeed a business letter, for it told of the death of Madam Bonnet, and how the writer, Martin Newcombe, as a neighbour and friend of the family, had been called in to take temporary charge of her effects, and, having done so, he hastened to inform Mr. Delaplaine of his proceedings and to ask advice. ...

— Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter • Frank R. Stockton

... monogram for the notes, plain paper for the business letter. I'll see to that, though," answered Rose, trying to decide whether Annabel or Emma should have ...

— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott