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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

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)

The prices quoted "post-free" are for Great Britain only.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

No. 16.—Handsomely bound in half morocco, lettered on back, plain cloth sides, with 6 Maps, gilt edges, 400 pages, 8/6; post-free, 9/-; abroad, 9/6.

From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James

The whole of the Maps are corrected to the present time, and a Prospectus, with full particulars, will be forwarded post-free on application to the Publisher, 90.

From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George