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Freepost is a British mail arrangement: you send a letter or form to a company, and the company pays the postage. You must use their published Freepost address (a special name or number). You cannot write “Freepost” on any envelope and post it to a friend. Though actually, it is for writing to that organisation — a catalogue form, a reply slip, a complaint — not for birthday cards. The “post” here is the mail, not a message on social media. In Taiwan the close idea is 免付郵資 or a 商業回函 envelope, but shops do not call it Freepost. Like , it often takes a capital F because it is a named service. It is a UK classroom and word; American English would more often talk about a business-reply envelope.
免付郵資(英;對方付郵資的回函地址)。台灣較常說「免付郵資、商業回函」。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
freepostnoun
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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.
- There is a belief that real postage stamps lead to a greater response. This seems to be because respondents see the stamp as money and are less likely to throw it away; in comparison, a freepost or pre-paid envelope is worthless.
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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
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。