rural route
noun
a mail delivery route in a rural area.
Origin of rural route
1First recorded in 1895–1900
Words Nearby rural route
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How to use rural route in a sentence
The letter or parcel is simply addressed to the post office, to the patron and the rural route is given.
The American Postal Service | Louis MeliusThe addition of the rural route number and box makes the most complete designation possible.
The American Postal Service | Louis MeliusThe payment for a twenty-five-foot traveling post office is a little over half the pay per mile for a rural route carrier.
The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad | AnonymousThe average cost of the service on a rural route, therefore, exceeded the average revenue derived from postage by $687 per year.
Government in the United States | James Wilford GarnerOn one rural route the number of daily papers delivered increased in three years from thirteen to 113.
The Challenge of the Country | George Walter Fiske
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