parcel post

Definition of parcel post

1 : a mail service handling parcels

2 : packages handled by parcel post

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only parcel post bearing a return address and not exceeding size and weight limits will be accepted

Recent Examples on the Web The flag arrived at the New York office of the Associated Press in May and was then sent by parcel post to the White House. — Richard Kurin, Smithsonian, "A Hundred-Year-Old Handmade American Flag Flies Home… to Scotland," 30 Apr. 2018

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“Parcel post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel%20post. Accessed 28 Sep. 2020.

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