post-free

American  

[pohst-free] / ˈpoʊstˈfri /

adjective

1. British. postpaid.

2. free of postal charges, as government mail.

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adverb

1. British. postpaid.

post-free British  

adverb

1. with the postage prepaid; post-paid

2. free of postal charge

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Etymology

Origin of post-free

First recorded in 1880–85; post ³ + -free

Example Sentences

Ms. Davis’s style is wide, and dependent on its context: a kind of tour of post-free jazz and contemporary classical music, Keith Jarrett to Cecil Taylor to Morton Feldman.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2010

Shewkirk, had been sent from England along with the government despatches post-free, and was brought by Mr. Ross in the King's Service, who had been on board privately.

From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Johnston, Henry P.

A Prospectus with specimens of this invaluable help to Sunday-School Teachers sent post-free on application.

From The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys by Worsfold, J. N. (John Napper)

Price without postage, 30/-; post-free in Great Britain, 31/-.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

In those days a letter which bore on the outside the signature of a member of parliament was carried post-free, and franks were given away with the utmost profusion.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane