letter of composition
letter of composition noun: official notice of a composition fee (a fine).
Noun
letter of composition (plural letters of composition)
- Official notice of a composition fee (a fine).
- Recently I received a letter of composition of $20 from the Car Parks Division, Urban Redevelopment Authority, for parking my broken down car in Keong Siak Road where it joins Sago Street and Sago Lane.1978 May 27, “Parking Victim”, “Need for ‘no parking’ signs”, in The Straits Times, page 17
- I have been away from Singapore for more than 15 years, and imagine my surprise on receiving a scanned copy of a "failure to file return" […] This the^([sic]) the first letter from the IRAS after more than 15 years and it is a letter of composition and penalty - for Pay and Pay?2008 January 2, Soojenn, “Singapore - A Police State”, in Singapore in General (blog)
Forms of letter of composition
| plural | letters of composition |
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Origin of letter of composition
From an obsolete sense of composition, “payment to settle an obligation”: see composition fee.
Questions about letter of composition
- What does letter of composition mean?
- Letter of composition means official notice of a composition fee (a fine).
- What part of speech is letter of composition?
- Letter of composition is a noun.
- What is the plural of letter of composition?
- The plural of letter of composition is letters of composition.
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