English Dictionary

frank

IPA（発音記号）

/fɹæŋk/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). / (countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.

日本語の意味

（不可算名詞）政府等が行使する、郵便料金が無料になる権利または制度 / （可算名詞）封筒上において通常は切手が貼られる場所に記される、郵便料金免除の印

Members of parliament rely on frank to send official documents without postage.

国会議員は公的文書を切手を貼らずに送るために無料郵送の権利を利用している。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article).

I have said so much, that, if I had not a frank, I must burn my letter and begin again.

意味（2）

(countable) The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.

But, although her friends were kind, Lady Anne was not easy; neither daughter made her appearance, nor did she receive a letter to account for their silence. She remembered, indeed, that Charles Penrhyn could not get franks now, and her daughters knew she would not pay postage; and she had commanded Helen to work night and day, saying, surely they can give her common materials.

franks （ plural ）