Definition of general delivery in US English:
general delivery
nounˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl dəˈlɪv(ə)ri
North American Mail delivery to a post office for pickup by the addressee.
British term poste restante
Example sentencesExamples
- As I have no mailbox yet at all, and have used nothing but the P. O. box for all of my correspondence for years, I will have to go with the general delivery option, at least for the time being.
- Till then, remote farming families had to trudge through all weathers to the nearest township to pick up their mail care of general delivery.
- ‘Well, we only do general delivery for thirty days.’