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1. a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.2. the postal department that handles such mail.[1830-40, Amer.]
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general delivery — general de livery n [U] AmE a post office department that keeps someone s letters until that person comes to get them British Equivalent: poste restante … Dictionary of contemporary English
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general delivery — noun Date: 1846 a department of a post office that handles the delivery of mail at a post office window to persons who call for it … New Collegiate Dictionary
general delivery — noun North American term for poste restante … English new terms dictionary
general delivery — noun (U) AmE a post office department to which you can send letters for someone who is travelling and which will keep them until they are collected; poste restante BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
general delivery — UK / US noun [uncountable] American poste restante … English dictionary
