post-free

American  

[pohst-free] / ˈpoʊstˈfri /

adjective

1. British. postpaid.

2. free of postal charges, as government mail.

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adverb

1. British. postpaid.

post-free British  

adverb

1. with the postage prepaid; post-paid

2. free of postal charge

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Etymology

Origin of post-free

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

Example Sentences

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

Send them to me by the diligence, that I may give them myself to Herr von Dummhoff, who will then remit them post-free.

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

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 Bell, George

Price, bound in handsome gilt cloth, 1/-, or post-free 1/3.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

Van Voorst's Almanack, is very dear; it ought, at least, to be advertised post-free for the shilling.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir