express mail
Rushed postal service
Express mail is a postal service offering faster delivery than standard mail, typically guaranteeing overnight or next-day arrival.
The term applies both to government postal services and private carriers: I sent the contract by express mail to make the deadline.
As a verb, to express-mail something is to send it this way.
- same-day deliveryShipment arriving within hours
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
- next day deliveryShipped to arrive tomorrow
- courierDelivery person or service
- postal serviceNational mail delivery system
overnight shipping · postage · guaranteed · delivery · international shipping · tracking systems · urgent · air freight · time-sensitive · expedited shipping · delivery confirmation · post office · stamp · UPS · FedEx · envelope · package · legal documents
- mailletter, letters, email, envelope, postcard
- postal servicespost office, stamps, delivery, packages, envelopes
- express servicesexpedited shipping, overnight shipping, next-day delivery, same-day delivery, overnight delivery
- postal itemsstamp, stamps, postcard, envelopes, envelope
- airmail systemsorting facilities, airfields, delivery schedules, transatlantic route, domestic routes
- shipping feesshipping fee, delivery fee, handling fee, delivery charge, postage
express mailstandard mail
Basic postal service tier
ground shipping · economy shipping · parcel post · bulk mail · surface mail
mail, express, expression, mailed, mailman, expressive, mailing, mailbox, emailing