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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

busta preaffrancata

Pronunciation / Transliteration: busta preaffrankata

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prepaid envelope/priːˈpeɪd ˈɛn.və.loʊp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Rispondi usando la busta preaffrancata fornita."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An envelope on which the postage has already been paid by the sender, allowing the recipient to return it free of charge.

    "Please return the signed form using the enclosed prepaid envelope."
  2. 2

    A postal cover featuring a pre-printed indicia or postage meter mark that exempts the final user from paying mailing fees.

    "The survey included a prepaid envelope to encourage higher response rates."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'pre-' (from Latin 'prae-', meaning before) combined with 'paid' (past participle of 'pay', from Old French 'paier', ultimately from Latin 'pacare', to pacify or satisfy), paired with 'envelope' (from French 'envelopper', to wrap up). The compound term emerged in the 19th century with the expansion of postal systems to describe mail containers bearing postage paid in advance by the sender.

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