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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

Example Sentences

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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

For No. 14.—9d. per dozen; 5/- per 100, post-free.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

Price without postage, 10/-; post-free in Great Britain, 11/-.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

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 Devereux, W. Cope

Every day information is asked by letters and still more by our printed postcards; all information is given cost-free and post-free.

From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.