freepost means A postal service allowing a person to send mail without affixing postage, the recipient paying when collecting the mail. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From free + post.
noun
- A postal service allowing a person to send mail without affixing postage, the recipient paying when collecting the mail.“There are greater constraints on the complexity and length of the questionnaire: if it is not short, simple and easy to complete the respondent is likely to bin it. A stamped addressed envelope or a freepost number can be used to facilitate return.”
- A postal service allowing an electoral candidate, political party or government department to send mail wholly paid for by Royal Mail (as the statutory universal postal service provider).“Freepost on one election communication”