Meaning of Business Correspondence - Business Letter

Communication through exchange of letters is known as correspondence. We communicate our feelings, thoughts etc, to our friends and relatives through letters that may be called personal correspondence. A businessman also writes and recieves letters in his day to day transactions, which may be called business correspondece.

Business Correspondence or business letter is a written communication between two  parties. Businessmen may write letters to supplier of goods and service and also receive letters from the suppliers. Customers may write letters to businessmen seeking information about availability of goods, prices, quality, sample etc, or place order for pachase of goods. Thus, business letters may be defined as a media or means through which views are expressed and ideas or information is communicated in writing in the proccess of business activities.

                                                                                            Source: Thuongmai University