parcel post

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noun
  1. (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates.: Compare fourth class.

  2. the branch of a postal service that processes and delivers parcels.

  1. the service this branch renders.

Origin of parcel post

1
First recorded in 1855–60

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How to use parcel post in a sentence

  • Couldn't you send me some by parcel post to the railway station of Ain-Fezza?

    Remarkable Rogues | Charles Kingston
  • They carried off valuables in an automobile, and returned the same, piece-meal, by parcel post.

    Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. Isham
  • It must be specially observed that postal correspondence, and not parcels sent by parcel post, are immune from capture.

  • Why did the country merchant object so strenuously to the passage of the parcel post law?

    Business English | Rose Buhlig
  • South Africa has been successfully operating an agricultural parcel post.

    Business English | Rose Buhlig