| 单词 | registered letter, mail, post, etc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasregistered letter, mail, post, etc. c. Of mail (in registered letter, mail, post, etc.): recorded at the point of dispatch and indemnified against loss or damage. Cf. recorded delivery n. at recorded adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [adjective] > type of registered1837 air-speeded1958 1837 Act 7 William IV & 1 Victoria c. 34 §25 All registered Letters shall be delivered to the Post Office, and also be delivered by the Post Office, under all such Regulations in every respect as the Postmaster General shall from Time to Time appoint. 1864 D. G. Rossetti Let. 5 Feb. (1965) II. 498 It shall..fly in a registered letter to you as soon as may be. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 17/7 Three bandits..last night held up a United States mail truck here and robbed it of three pouches of registered mail. 1946 W. Stevens Let. 12 Nov. (1967) 537 The proofs..are being returned by registered mail today. 1967 E. Rudinger Wills & Probate ii. 85 He enclosed a short covering letter..and sent it by registered post. 1981 Guardian 15 May 4/3 The registered envelopes, posted in Dublin and Waterford, have been handed to police but most people have held on to the money. 2005 D. T. Courtwright Sky as Frontier iv. 64 An improving safety record translated into an airmail loss rate half that of registered packages sent by rail. < as lemmas |
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