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recorded delivery

noun [C or U]
 
UK (US certified mail)

Definition

If a letter is sent by recorded delivery, the person who receives it must write their name in a book to show that they have received it.The postal system
(Definition of recorded delivery noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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