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词汇 parcel-post
释义 parcel post
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈpɑː.səl ˌpəʊst/ us /ˈpɑːr.səl ˌpoʊst/
the system in which parcelsare sent by post: 邮政包裹业务
The cheapest way to send it would be by parcel post.把它寄送出去的最便宜的方式是用包裹邮寄。
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parcel post | American Dictionary


parcel post
noun[ U ]
us/ˈpɑr·səl ˈpoʊst/
the cheapest way to send packages through the mail

Examples of parcel post


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While concentrated opposition and partisan hurdles help to account for the delay of parcelpost, they are insufficient as explanations.
Accordingly, many writings on the struggle for parcelpost have stressed its origins in agrarian ideology.
The creation and expansion of parcelpost would take almost exactly the form he presaged.
Agrarian organizations cared little if at all about postal efficiency - especially in cities - and both rural delivery and parcelpost split rural communities.
As a policy vision, however, parcelpost entered the national stage during the heady days of the agrarian depression after 1880.
The most persuasive argument against parcelpost from the 1890s to 1910 emphasized the inability of the department to manage a parcel delivery system.
Certainly the concentrated opposition to parcelpost had much to do with its delay.
While many of its member businesses stood to gain from the implicit subsidization of package delivery under parcelpost, others did not.
In 1912, the department wrested control of parcelpost delivery from the nation's express companies, rendering them obsolete in the parcel market in under a decade.
Bills introduced for parcelpost generally allowed the department to classify and transport all articles not exceeding eleven pounds, though early proposals allowed for a weight-limit of 60.
I have had a large number of letters and representations from my constituency about the parcelpost.
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On the other hand, some- times in the case of a losing service, such as parcelpost, especially where you go beyond the 6 lb.
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Will the effect of this increase drive this particular business away from the present parcelpost?
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He made a complaint about the parcelpost.
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The alteration does not involve a change in parcelpost rates.
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