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registered post

registered post

3.4
A mail service that records, insures, and tracks letters or packages
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛdʒɪstəd pəʊst/
  • UK
translation icon : correo registrado
  • I received the contract by registered post and had to sign for it on delivery.

Examples

  • The parcel must be sent by registered post so it can be tracked.

  • He sent the documents via registered post to ensure they would arrive safely.

  • I sent the documents via registered post.

  • Did you receive the registered mail I sent?

  • He sent the documents via registered post to ensure they would arrive safely.

  • I received the contract by registered post and had to sign for it on delivery.

  • The parcel must be sent by registered post so it can be tracked.

Synonyms

registered mail
vsregistered post
  • Formal
2 3.2

Mail the post office records and sends with extra security and a signature on delivery

is a postal service that records items and provides insurance for safe delivery

Surface Forms

registered post singular
registered posts plural
registered mails plural
registered mail singular

Morphology

registered + post

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'registered' (formally recorded/insured) modifies 'post' (mail), so 'registered post' denotes mail that is officially recorded/insured for safe delivery. This compositional noun phrase is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English modifier + noun patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrase registered post comes from when post offices wrote down each post item as registered in a log and gave the sender a receipt. Because the item was officially recorded and the receiver had to sign, the phrase came to mean mail that is safer and can be 'tracked'.