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Rarefranking
The correct spelling is franking.
How to pronounce franking
verb
Say it like: Fra-nki-ng
The correct spelling is franking. To place a frank on an envelope.
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Meanings
verb
- 1.To place a frank on an envelope.
- 2.To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
- 3.To send by public conveyance free of expense.
- 4.To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.
noun
- 1.A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
- 2.A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution.
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