priority mail

American  

noun

1. (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.

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Example Sentences

There will be no regular mail delivery on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, but Priority Mail Express shipments will be delivered.

From MarketWatch

The delivery time for priority mail express, a service that allows customers to ship packages up to 70 pounds to any state, will now take between one and three days.

From Los Angeles Times

I imagined the mail carrier had been forced to hold onto it like a balloon, that “PRIORITY MAIL” in this case probably meant “so magical and important that before I delivered it, the Postmaster General had to personally devise a method to keep it from floating away.”

From Salon

Multiple packages shipped by Chen and Hu included counterfeit Priority Mail postage, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

Two high-value stamps, a $9.65 Priority Mail and a $28.75 Priority Mail Express issue, will feature space images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

From Washington Times