| 单词 | rural free delivery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrural free delivery rural free delivery n. now historical (in the United States) a postal service providing free deliveries to remote areas not served directly by a post office; abbreviated RFD.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > types of service printed paper1553 letter post1660 penny post1680 general post1687 parcel post1790 penny postage1798 twopenny post1811 twopenny1818 printed matter1836 parcel delivery1837 bangy1842 book post1848 special delivery1865 V.P.P.1888 express delivery1891 rural free delivery1891 certified mail1955 recorded delivery1960 Mailgram1969 freepost1970 1891 Logansport (Indiana) Daily Jrnl. 26 Nov. 1/5 The institute strongly favored the rural free delivery scheme of Postmaster General Wanamaker. 1893 M. H. Cushing Story of our Post Office 1006 A very important effect of the rural free delivery has been to increase the pay of postmasters where it has been tried. 1900 Congress. Rec. 16 Jan. 873/1 The rural free delivery service has come to stay. 2003 P. A. Reebel U.S. Post Office iv. 19 A byproduct of rural free delivery was the stimulation it provided to the development of the great American system of roads and highways. < as lemmas |
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