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View synonyms for parcel post
parcel post
noun
- (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- the branch of a postal service that processes and delivers parcels.
- the service this branch renders.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parcel post1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
Couldn't you send me some by parcel post to the railway station of Ain-Fezza?
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They carried off valuables in an automobile, and returned the same, piece-meal, by parcel post.
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It must be specially observed that postal correspondence, and not parcels sent by parcel post, are immune from capture.
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Why did the country merchant object so strenuously to the passage of the parcel post law?
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South Africa has been successfully operating an agricultural parcel post.
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