free on rail

British

adjective

Abbreviation: FOR. f.o.r.. (of a consignment of goods) delivered to a railway station and loaded onto a train without charge to the buyer

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Still, have to confess that I'm not ready at present to "quote them my wholesale price for best oak-shavings delivered free on rail."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 8, 1890 by Various

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