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What (who) is general delivery - definition
HOLDING SERVICE FOR MAIL
General delivery; Post Restante; General Delivery; Post restante
general delivery
¦ noun North American term for poste restante.
poste restante
Poste restante is a service operated by post offices by which letters and packages that are sent to you are kept at a particular post office until you collect them. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use general delivery
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poste restante
[p??st'r?st(?)nt]
¦ noun Brit. a department in a post office that keeps letters for an agreed period until collected by the addressee.
Origin
C18: from Fr., lit. 'mail remaining'.
Wikipedia
Poste restante
Poste restante (French pronunciation: [pɔst ʁɛstɑ̃t], lit. 'remainder post'), also known as general delivery in North American English, is a service where the post office holds the mail until the recipient calls for it. It is a common destination for mail for people who are visiting a particular location and have no need, or no way, of having mail delivered directly to their place of residence at that time.
Examples of use of general delivery
1. Astrodome refugees will get mail that has their name, a "general delivery" designation and the special ZIP code.
2. In addition, a general–delivery ZIP code _ 77230 _ has been set up for the more than 11,000 refugees at the Astrodome.