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noun
A postal service allowing a person to send mail without affixing postage, the recipient paying when collecting the mail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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noun
A postal service allowing an electoral candidate, political party or government department to send mail wholly paid for by Royal Mail (as the statutory universal postal service provider).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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History
From free + post.
