0 a system in which a post office keeps someone's post until it can be collected, usually used by people who are travelling
1 a department in a post office that will receive and hold mail for a person to pick up
2 → poste restante
Although we do not countenance a specific charge on the beneficiaries, a general delivery charge applied to all customers is a matter between the milkmen and their customers.
In consequence the general deliveries have had to be reduced in order to meet the requirements of premises having special needs.
Priority arrangements have been introduced for cases in which there would otherwise be serious deterioration of vision or total incapacity; they cannot be extended without further slowing down general deliveries.