registered post
Britishnoun
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a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid Compare recorded delivery
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mail sent by this service
Example Sentences
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The decision by the Transport Appeal Tribunal for Scotland said the LEZ fines could not be enforced as the council did not serve the fines using recorded or registered post.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2023
It’s been a registered post office since 1948.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2016
He was going through his letters, and I was just a trifle curious to know what was in a flat box which came by registered post.
From Number Seventeen by Tracy, Louis
Then she sealed the envelope, rang a bell, and told someone to despatch her letter by registered post.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
Ere we sat down to dinner that night, two stout body-belts had been dispatched to Paris by registered post.
From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford
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