parcel post

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noun

(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.

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

the service this branch renders.

Words nearby parcel post

parca, parcae, parcel, parcel gilding, parcel out, parcel post, parcel tanker, parcel-gilt, parceling, parcenary, parcener

Origin of parcel post

First recorded in 1855–60

Examples from the Web for parcel post

Besides, I can send back everything in the morning, anonymously, by parcel-post.
Nobody|Louis Joseph Vance
During the afternoon she took a package to the branch post-office and mailed it by parcel-post to the Wollbadgasse.
The Street of Seven Stars|Mary Roberts Rinehart
There is a parcel-post as well as a letter penny-post in Paris.
A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792|Richard Twiss
I will let you have the helmet back by parcel-post at the earliest opportunity.
The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

The railways and the parcel-post diminish its importance as a local emporium.
Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)|William Henry Hurlbert