noun. A written message; a letter. synonym: letter.

Sent or proceeding, as from some authoritative or official source.

Thrown or hurled; missile.

noun. That which is sent; specifically, a written message; a letter; especially, in Scots law, a letter interchanged between parties, in which the one party offers to enter into a contract on certain conditions, and the other party accepts the offer, completing the contract.

noun. A person sent; a messenger.

noun. That which is sent; a writing containing a message.

noun. One who is sent; a messenger.

adjective. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.

adjective. Missile.

adjective. letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent, which are addressed to the public.

noun. A written message; a letter, note or memo.

noun. One who is sent; a messenger.

noun. a written message addressed to a person or organization

"We can do the Moon with that amount of money and our missive is at least one way to do that."

letter missive  

document  text  textual matter  

aerogram  aerogramme  air letter  airmail letter  business letter  

derisive  dismissive  permissive  submissive  

despatch  dispatch  epistle  telegram  

lette  messenger  missile