repostagen.
/ˌriːˈpəʊstɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌriˈpoʊstɪdʒ/ The action or fact of reposting a letter, etc.; (also) the amount charged or chargeable the conveyance of a reposted item.
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1853 Morning Chron. 13 July 6/2 A newspaper cannot legally be reposted. The newspaper stamp frees the newspaper from postage once only... It is true that the Post-office official can very rarely discover the fact of the repostage.
1855 D. G. Rossetti Let. 23 Jan. (1965) I. 241 I am asked by William to request from you the re-postage of Athenaeums when quite done with.
1885 Newcastle Weekly Courant 4 Dec. 6/5 I borrowed a sixpence of an old comrade to pay the repostage of that cheque.
1907 Times 26 Aug. 1/6 It may or may not be reasonable, but is probably necessary..to pay for stamps and repostage, because many people receiving an unstamped proxy would not take the trouble to return it.
2000 J. Belchem New Hist. Isle of Man V. 56 Papers published on the Isle of Man were entitled to free postage throughout Britain, a privilege extended to include repostage in 1840.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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