carriage-paidadv.adj.
/ˌkarɪdʒˈpeɪd/, U.S. /ˌkɛrᵻdʒˈpeɪd/ A. adv.
With the cost of carrying and delivering the specified item having been prepaid. Contrasted with carriage forward at carriage n. Phrases 3. Cf. carriage-free adv.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [adverb] > without charge for postage or travel
post-free1670
postage-free1692
carriage-paid1700
passage-free1719
carriage-free1724
1700 T. Bray Memorial 4 You may expect in a short time, a Packet of small Books from the Society, Carriage paid.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. p. xv I have sent an Almanack..directed for him at Mr. Sutton's, bookseller, in Gloucester, carriage paid.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. lviii. 68 A parcel..sent by the railway, carriage paid.
1924 J. A. Slater Pitman's Business Man's Guide (ed. 8) 464/1 Goods will be delivered carriage paid to the railway station nearest the buyer.
2003 J. Lynn tr. I. Blom J. Desmet & Early Dutch Film Trade 86 Gaumont stated that deliveries were sent carriage-paid.
B. adj.
Of an item for delivery: for which the cost of carriage has been prepaid. Also occasionally: of or relating to prepayment of this kind. Cf. carriage-free adj.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [adjective] > carriage paid
carriage-paid1825
1825 R. Mudie Babylon the Great II. ix. 241 The older ones [sc. literary journals], to which the provincial literati, when the love of writing overcame them, sent up their carriage-paid contributions.
1834 Weekly Visitor 6 May 167/2 I sent off a carriage-paid turkey, to my aunt Barbara.
1894 Daily News 13 Nov. 5/4 Carriage-paid tickets, with which the carriage of letters for any place within the capital could be prepaid.
1998 Housewares (Nexis) Apr. 8 They can now make up a carriage-paid order with a mix of cookware and knives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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