airmail
noun
the system for sending post by plane
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abbreviation
cash on delivery: a system in which you pay for goods that you have ordered when they are delivered to you
adjective
an express service delivers letters or parcels more quickly than the ordinary service
adverb
using a service that delivers letters or parcels more quickly than the ordinary service
adjective
relating to the class of post that is more expensive and quicker than second class
noun
a system in the UK by which businesses pay the charges for letters that their customers send to them
noun
the system for sending and delivering letters, parcels etc to houses, offices etc. The usual British word is post
the government department in the US that delivers the post
noun
an arrangement in which your post is sent to a post office in a different area so that you can collect it while you are travelling
adverb
letters and parcels that are sent post-free do not cost the person who sends them anything because someone else has already paid for them
adverb
letters and parcels that are sent postpaid do not cost the person who sends them anything for their postage because someone else has already paid for it
noun
a system for sending a letter safely by which you pay for a record of the fact that you have sent it
noun
a system for sending letters and parcels, for which you pay a small insurance charge to be certain that they are delivered safely
adjective
a reply-paid envelope has had the cost of sending it paid by the person who originally sent it
noun
a post office service that delivers letters or parcels faster than usual for an extra payment
adjective
adjective
if a letter is delivered by hand, it is not delivered by the post service
using the post
if you reply to a letter by return of post, you write back to the person who wrote to you, immediately after you have received their letter
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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