- precancel
- I. transitive verb Date: 1921 to cancel (a postage stamp) in advance of use • precancellation noun II. noun Date: 1929 a precanceled postage stamp
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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precancel — To cancel postage stamps or stamped envelopes before mailing. The USPS sells precanceled postage to mailers of Presorted (including automation rate) First Class Mail and Standard Mail (A). If authorized, bulk mailers may precancel their own… … Glossary of postal terms
precancel — [prē kan′səl] vt. precanceled or precancelled, precanceling or precancelling to cancel (a postage stamp) before use in mailing: chiefly in the past participle n. a precanceled stamp precancellation n … English World dictionary
Precancel — A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been cancelled before being affixed to mail. Precancels are typically used by mass mailers, who can save a postal system time and effort by prearranging to use the… … Wikipedia
Precancel — Pre|can|cel [ pri: kænsəl], das; [s], s [engl. precancel, zu: to precancel = entwerten] (Philat.): a) (bes. in den USA) Entwertung einer Briefmarke im Voraus durch den Absender; b) durch den Absender im Voraus entwertete Briefmarke … Universal-Lexikon
Precancel — Pre|can|cel [pri: kænsl̩] das; [s], s <aus gleichbed. engl. precancel zu to precancel »entwerten«>: a) im Voraus vom Absender entwertete Briefmarke (bei Massensendungen; Philatelie); b) (bes. in den USA) Entwertung einer Briefmarke im… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Precancel — Pre|can|cel 〈[pri:kæ̣nsəl] f. od. n.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s〉 Briefmarke, die bereits vor dem Aufkleben auf eine zu befördernde Sendung entwertet wird [Etym.: engl.; zu precancel »entwerten«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
precancel — precancellation, n. /pree kan seuhl/, v., precanceled, precanceling or (esp. Brit.) precancelled, precancelling, n. Philately. v.t. 1. to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter. n. 2. a precanceled stamp. [1920 25; PRE +… … Universalium
precancel — 1. verb To cancel or frank a postage stamp prior to posting it 2. noun A postage stamp or mail item that has been precancelled … Wiktionary
precancel — n. stamp which is voided in advance, previously canceled stamp v. void a postage stamp, invalidate a postage stamp … English contemporary dictionary
precancel — pre·cancel … English syllables
