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
Dear Sir,—I have sent the little article about which I have already written you and Mr. L. fully, to your address by ordinary registered post.
From The Orange-Yellow Diamond by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
By registered post; and what I call a manly letter from Lord Harry.
From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie
This letter shall be sealed up again in its twelve silly envelopes and go by registered post to Hagan's correspondent.
From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet
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