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   frank

   /fraŋk/

   verb

   • 1. stamp an official mark on (a letter or parcel) to indicate that postage has been paid or does not need to be paid: "each cover will be franked with a specially designed postmark"
   • ▪ sign (a letter or parcel) to ensure delivery free of charge.
   • ▪ facilitate or pay the passage of (someone): "English will frank the traveller through most of North America"

   noun

   • 1. an official mark or signature on a letter or parcel, indicating that postage has been paid or does not need to be paid.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from frank1, an early sense being ‘free of obligation’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. franker noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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