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metered mail

noun

  1. mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.


metered mail

noun

  1. mail franked privately, under licence, with a machine bearing special markings ( meter marks )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of metered mail1

First recorded in 1925–30

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