metered mail

noun

mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.

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Origin of metered mail

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby metered mail

meter, meterage, meter angle, meter-candle, meter-candle-second, metered mail, meter-kilogram-second, meter-kilogram-second-ampere, meter-kilogram-second system, meter maid, metes and bounds
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British Dictionary definitions for metered mail

metered mail

noun

mail franked privately, under licence, with a machine bearing special markings (meter marks)
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