Letter

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

One who retards or hinders.

A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.

A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.

A writing; an inscription.

Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.

A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.

Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.

A letter; an epistle.

To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.

owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire

a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"