(countable) 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.

present participle of frank

plural of franking

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

A male given name from the Germanic languages. / A diminutive of the male given name Francis / A surname transferred from the nickname.

A pigsty.

(UK) The grey heron.

A hot dog or sausage.

To place a frank on an envelope. / To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. / To send by public conveyance free of expense.

honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised. / (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident