rural route

noun

1. a mail delivery route in a rural area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rural route¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The letter or parcel is simply addressed to the post office, to the patron and the rural route is given.

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The addition of the rural route number and box makes the most complete designation possible.

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The payment for a twenty-five-foot traveling post office is a little over half the pay per mile for a rural route carrier.

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The average cost of the service on a rural route, therefore, exceeded the average revenue derived from postage by $687 per year.

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On one rural route the number of daily papers delivered increased in three years from thirteen to 113.

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