franked
Sent without paying
Franked describes mail sent without postage because the sender has official mailing privileges.
Members of Congress can frank correspondence to constituents, their signature or mark replacing a stamp.
The term extends to any mail marked to indicate prepaid or free postage: a franked envelope from the senator's office.
To frank is to mark mail this way.
Folded paper enclosure
- letterWritten symbol or message
- mailroomDelivery processing area
- prepaidSettled in advance
- meteredMeasured by instrument
permit · indicia · postmark · addressed · correspondence · parcel · package · dispatch
Study of postal stamps
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- commemorativeHonoring past events
- definitiveSettling a question finally
perforation · hinged · collectible · album · gummed · adhesive · airmail · engraved
envelope
Folded paper enclosure
metered · permit · indicia · postmark · addressed · correspondence · parcel · package · dispatch · mailbag
philately
Study of postal stamps
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- commemorativeHonoring past events
definitive · perforation · hinged · collectible · album · gummed · adhesive · airmail · engraved · philatelist
signature
Handwritten name for verification
- signedWrote one's name on
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
validated · authenticated · certified · official · cleared · permitted · sanctioned · marked · stamped · privilege
- postal termsstamps, zip codes, stamp, stamped, postal codes
frankedunfranked
Without postal prepayment
postage due · unstamped · stamped · unpaid · unmetered
- Frank Sinatra
- to be frankSpeaking without concealment
- Anne Frank
- ballpark franksHot dogs at games
- franks and beansSausages with baked legumes
- Frank Lloyd WrightPioneering American architect