post-free
Americanadverb
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with the postage prepaid; post-paid
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free of postal charge
Etymology
Origin of post-free
Example Sentences
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Ms. Davis’s style is wide, and dependent on its context: a kind of tour of post-free jazz and contemporary classical music, Keith Jarrett to Cecil Taylor to Morton Feldman.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2010
In those days a letter which bore on the outside the signature of a member of parliament was carried post-free, and franks were given away with the utmost profusion.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
No. 2.—Edition de Luxe, handsomely bound, extra gilt, hand-made paper, with uncut edges, 10/-; post-free, 10/4; abroad, 10/8.
From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell
The whole of the Maps are corrected to the present time, and a Prospectus, with full particulars, will be forwarded post-free on application to the Publisher, 90.
From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
No. 15.—Strongly and handsomely bound in plain cloth, with gilt edges and lettering, and 6 Maps, and 80 extra leaves, 5/-; post-free, 5/5; abroad, 6/-.
From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell
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