precancellation
pre·can·cel
[pree-kan-suh
l] verb, pre·can·celed, pre·can·cel·ing or (especially British) pre·can·celled, pre·can·cel·ling, noun Philately. verb (used with object)
1.
to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
noun
2.
a precanceled stamp.
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precancel (priːˈkænsəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , (US) -cels, -celling, -celled, -cels, -celing, -celed | |
| 1. | (tr) to cancel (postage stamps) before placing them on mail |
| —n | |
| 2. | a precancelled stamp |
| precancel'lation | |
| —n | |
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Precancellation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| precancel (priːˈkænsəl) | |
| —vb , (US) -cels, -celling, -celled, -cels, -celing, -celed | |
| 1. | (tr) to cancel (postage stamps) before placing them on mail |
| —n | |
| 2. | a precancelled stamp |
| precancel'lation | |
| —n | |
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