单词
complimentary close
释义
complimentary closenoun[C]USuk
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(alsocomplimentary closing)COMMUNICATIONSthe words that you write at the end of abusinessletterbefore you writeyourname, forexample, 'Bestwishes', 'Yourstruly', 'Sincerely', etc.(Definition ofcomplimentary closefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcomplimentary close
complimentary closeThecomplimentarycloseof the letter is followed by a comma and the signature by a period.FromProject GutenbergThecomplimentarycloseshould begin in the middle of a line by itself, below the concluding words of the text.FromProject GutenbergIn these seven letters are given the body of the letter, with the salutation and thecomplimentaryclose.FromProject GutenbergThe signature should be written on a line by itself, a little to the right of thecomplimentaryclose.FromProject GutenbergOur choice of acomplimentaryclose, like that of a salutation, depends upon the relations existing between us and those to whom we are writing.FromProject GutenbergPosition, in letters, ofcomplimentaryclose; of heading; of inside address; of salutation; of outside address.FromProject GutenbergThe signature is written below thecomplimentarycloseand a little to the right, so that it ends about at the right-hand margin.FromProject GutenbergNever use "oblige" in the place of thecomplimentaryclose.FromProject GutenbergThecomplimentaryclosefollows the body of the letter, about two or three spaces below it.FromProject GutenbergThecomplimentarycloseoften forms part of the last paragraph; at other times it stands separately, and then it usually begins about the middle of the line.FromProject GutenbergThecomplimentarycloseshould be written one line below the last line of the main part of the letter, and toward the right-hand side of the page.FromProject GutenbergThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/complimentary-close##
