Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalty envelope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: penal-ty en-ve-lope
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An envelope whose mailing for an authorized purpose does not requiring postage, while its unauthorized use may be penalized.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The voter should take their absentee ballot to a post office, ask for a penalty envelope and mail it with the ballot inside."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

penalty envelopes (plural)

Questions

What does penalty envelope mean?: An envelope whose mailing for an authorized purpose does not requiring postage, while its unauthorized use may be penalized.

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