letter of intent

noun phrase

: a written statement of the intention to enter into a formal agreement

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In March 2015, Center informed the student’s father that U-Texas would be sending the student a letter of intent for a ‘books’ scholarship, which provides funding for a student’s textbooks, as part of the athletic recruitment process. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025 Both sides sign a letter of intent (LOI). Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 For this, Calogena has signed a letter of intent with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025 Neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed the letter of intent or participated in the $97.4 billion bid, OpenAI said in the filing. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for letter of intent

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of letter of intent was in 1941

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“Letter of intent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20of%20intent. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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letter of intent

see letter sense 1

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