Definition of chain letter in English English dictionary
A letter that is mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons
letter which is sent to numerous recipients and is intended to be sent by those recipients to other recipients (and so on)
A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries. A letter sent to a number of people asking each recipient to send copies with the same request to a specified number of others. The circulation of a chain letter increases in geometrical progression as long as the instructions are followed by all recipients. a letter sent to several people asking them to send a copy of the letter to several more people