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post-free

American  
[pohst-free] / ˈpoʊstˈfri /

adjective

  1. British. postpaid.

  2. free of postal charges, as government mail.


adverb

  1. British. postpaid.

post-free British  

adverb

  1. with the postage prepaid; post-paid

  2. free of postal charge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of post-free

First recorded in 1880–85; post 3 + -free

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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

Price without postage, 21/-; post-free in Great Britain, 22/-.

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

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

The Prepared Paper can be supplied in Large Sheets, ready Gummed, at 3d. per Sheet, post-free.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell

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