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free delivery

noun

  1. the delivery of mail directly to the recipient's address without charge to the recipient:

    Before free delivery people had to pick up their mail at the post office or pay a letter carrier to deliver it.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of free delivery1

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

The service provides free deliveries and reduced service fees for all orders over $12, which could save customers a significant amount of money depending on how frequently they use the service.

If you are a delivery customer, if you have a delivery set up all the time, you can buy this delivery membership and then you’ve got free delivery for a certain period of time.

From Time

People pay something and they can get a free delivery, whatever.

From Time

Both already offer discount cards and free delivery, essentially the same service that Amazon is now offering.

From Vox

The program costs $98 a year, a discount to rival Amazon’s $119 annual Prime membership, and includes unlimited free delivery from stores — including groceries — plus gasoline discounts.

From Fortune

The postal system is a curiosity to those who are accustomed to free delivery several times a day.

Two days later, the Rural Free Delivery wagon brought encouraging news.

He did turn, the next time a lightning flash showed him a turn-off beside a rural free delivery mailbox.

August 4, 1886, it was extended to all free delivery offices.

I do not mean from one state to another, but I mean by rural free delivery.

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