rare. [f. as prec. + -AL.] The action of transmitting; transmission.

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  Letter of transmittal, an official letter in which the recipient is informed that certain documents are transferred to his custody. U.S.

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1724.  Swift, Drapier’s Lett., vii. The prodigious profit which England receives by the transmittal thither of two thirds of the revenues of this whole Kingdom.

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1813.  Brand’s Pop. Antiq., I. Pref. 7. In the transmittal of vulgar rites and popular opinions.

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1904.  Athenæum, 18 June, 788/1. The letter of transmittal … is dated July 1st, 1899.

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