to sort (large quantities of mail) by ZIP Codes before turning over to the postal service
presort in American English
(priˈsɔrt)
transitive verb
to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office
Word origin
[1965–70; pre- + sort]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, T cell, double-book, isometric exercise, no-faultpre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal)