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Office & Administration vocabulary · Reception, Visitors & Post

Return to sender

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

phraseCommon term

In office & administration, return to sender means: A postal instruction to send an undeliverable or refused item back to the person who posted it.

In Turkish: gönderene iade

How it is used

Used as a postal instruction on items that should go back; it does not mean forwarding them to the recipient's new address.

Example sentences

  1. The envelope was marked return to sender because the company no longer occupied the building.

    The item is being sent back rather than delivered at the old address.

  2. Please place mail marked return to sender in the tray for postal collection.

    The label determines which outgoing mail tray should hold the items.

Common collocations

  • marked return to sender
  • return to sender label
  • return to sender instruction
  • incoming mailLetters, parcels, and other postal items that arrive at an office from outside senders.
  • outgoing mailLetters or packages that an office is sending out, usually collected for posting or courier pickup.

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