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self-addressed

American  
[self-uh-drest] / ˈsɛlf əˈdrɛst /

adjective

  1. addressed for return to the sender.


self-addressed British  

adjective

  1. addressed for return to the sender

  2. directed to oneself

    a self-addressed remark

"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 self-addressed

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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This month, Jordan releases a second solo EP, For You: a self-addressed collection of tracks that, in part, reflect on their queerness.

From The Guardian May 25, 2020

To avoid passing postage costs on to our survey takers, we put a self-addressed stamped envelope in the magazine.

From Slate Mar. 11, 2020

Inside the very official-looking, color-printed envelope from the Baseball Hall of Fame addressed to me, I find a ballot, voting information and a self-addressed return envelope for my ballot.

From Seattle Times Dec. 22, 2017

“He actually sent me a self-addressed envelope so I could send him a check,” Howe said.

From Washington Times Jun. 23, 2014

Your script, folded twice, will fit snugly into the size 8, which is to be the self-addressed return envelope.

From Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

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