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Definition of Franking machine
1. Noun. A machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Franking Machine
Literary usage of Franking machine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Information Annual ...: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events (1917)
"The franking machine by a single operation would not only imprint the letter with
a device indicating that the postal charges had been prepaid, ..."
2. Cayman Islands by Don Philpott (2002)
"The post office has a special franking machine so that you can send postcards to
your friends from Hell. You can also buy the famous Hell sauce, ..."
3. Brazil by Anton Jakob, Fernanda Cordoeiro, Claus Jäke (2000)
"are run through a franking machine instead. Letters can take up to 10 days or
more to reach Europe or North America from post offices in major cities and ..."
4. Convention of Madrid (30 November, 1920) Together with the Detailed by Universal Postal Union Congress, United States Post Office Dept (1922)
"franking machine, use of 13l Franc (gold) as Basis of postage charges, etc 12
Fraudulent postage stamps and postage paid impressions 20 XXXI. ..."
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