parcel delivery

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• parcel delivery service — /ˌpɑ:s(ə)l dɪ lɪv(ə)ri ˌsɜ:vɪs/ noun a private company which delivers parcels within a specific area …   Marketing dictionary in english

• parcel locker — A unit that is installed alongside neighborhood delivery and collection box units or in conjuction with post office boxes in a retail facility that is used for parcel delivery …   Glossary of postal terms

• parcel — noun (esp. BrE) 1 something wrapped in paper, etc. ⇨ See also ↑package ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ little, small ▪ We left little parcels outside each person s door. ▪ brown paper …   Collocations dictionary

• Parcel post — is a service of a postal administration for sending parcels through the post. It is generally one of the less expensive ways to ship packages that are too heavy to be sent by regular letter post and is usually a slower method of transportation.… …   Wikipedia

• delivery confirmation — deˌlivery confirˈmation noun [countable] a service provided by the post office where the person who receives a letter or package signs a document to prove to the sender that they have received it; = advice of delivery Bre * * * delivery… …   Financial and business terms

• Parcel — Par cel, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf. {Particle}.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] A parcel of her woe. Chaucer. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parcel office — Parcel Par cel, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf. {Particle}.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] A parcel of her woe. Chaucer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parcel post — Parcel Par cel, n. [F. parcelle a small part, fr. (assumed) LL. particella, dim. of L. pars. See {Part}, n., and cf. {Particle}.] 1. A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Archaic] A parcel of her woe. Chaucer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• delivery receipt — ➔ receipt1 * * * delivery receipt UK US noun [C] ► US COMMUNICATIONS a document that proves that a person has received a letter or parcel → Compare DELIVERY CONFIRMATION(Cf. ↑delivery confirmation) …   Financial and business terms

• Parcel post — Par cel post That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels[4]. The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The rates in 1913, dating from 1897, were 3d. for parcels not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• delivery — [n1] transfer, transmittal carting, commitment, consignment, conveyance, dispatch, distribution, drop, freighting, giving over, handing over, impartment, intrusting, mailing, parcel post, portage, post, rendition, shipment, surrender,… …   New thesaurus