If you send a letter or parcel recorded delivery, you send it using a Post Office service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been posted and delivered.
[British]
Use recorded delivery for large cheques or money orders.
regional note: in AM, usually use registered mail
recorded delivery in British English
noun
a Post Office service by which an official record of posting and delivery is obtained for a letter or package
Compare registered post
Examples of 'recorded delivery' in a sentence
recorded delivery
The letter was sent recorded delivery and insured for the full sum.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Send all your letters by recorded delivery and always save a copy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I also sent a letter by recorded delivery.
The Sun (2016)
Cost of recorded delivery on a package delivered by the Royal Mail?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Defeat number 10 was not so much in the post as being handed to Tyneside with a recorded delivery letter to be signed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The firm came back offering just over 300. I have sent two more letters by recorded delivery with no reply.
The Sun (2015)
A diploma in advanced complaint will only be sent after you've fired in six lawyers' letters by recorded delivery.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
recorded delivery
British English: recorded delivery /rɪˈkɔːdɪd dɪˈlɪvərɪ/ NOUN
If you send a letter or parcel recorded delivery, you send it using a Post Office service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been posted and delivered.
Use recorded delivery for large cheques or money orders.
American English: certified mail
Arabic: بِعِلْمِ الوُصُول
Brazilian Portuguese: entrega registrada
Chinese: 挂号邮寄
Croatian: preporučena pošiljka
Czech: doporučená zásilka
Danish: anbefalet forsendelse
Dutch: aangetekende brief
European Spanish: entrega con acuse de recibo
Finnish: kirjattu postilähetys
French: en recommandé
German: Einschreiben
Greek: αποστολή συστημένου
Italian: raccomandata
Japanese: 簡易書留
Korean: 배달 증명 우편
Norwegian: registrert leveranse
Polish: przesyłka polecona
European Portuguese: entrega registada
Romanian: confirmare de primire
Russian: доставка заказной корреспонденции
Latin American Spanish: entrega con acuse de recibo