| 单词 | penalty envelope |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenalty envelope penalty envelope n. U.S. a post-paid envelope bearing a warning that its use for an unauthorized purpose will incur a penalty. ΚΠ 1879 Postal Laws U.S. §147 Requisitions for postage-stamps, stamped-envelopes,..and official penalty-envelopes are required to be made upon printed forms. 1930 E. Colby in Our Army Feb. 42/2 Penalty envelope, official War Department envelopes..[for] government business without payment of postage, [so] called..because in the corner where the stamp should be affixed there is printed the warning: Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage, $300. 1992 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 26 June n62 [The Postal Service] continues to push federal agencies into abandoning the ‘penalty envelopes’ that many have used for decades in favor of official mail stamps and postage meters. < as lemmas |
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