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post-free

American  
[pohst-free] / ˈpoʊstˈfri /

adjective

  1. British. postpaid.

  2. free of postal charges, as government mail.


adverb

  1. British. postpaid.

post-free British  

adverb

  1. with the postage prepaid; post-paid

  2. free of postal charge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of post-free

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

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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

In other words it will be sent post-free to all book-lovers—and others.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Herbert George Jenkins

Single Copies of any of the Books are sent post-free on receipt of the published price.

From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe

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 J. N. (John Napper) Worsfold

There are also small boxes, which you can get addressed and sent, post-free, for three or four francs inclusive.

From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by W. Cope Devereux

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