0 present participle of frank
1 to print a mark on a stamp so that the stamp cannot be used again, or to print a mark on an envelope to show that the cost of sending it has been paid
I count on his exactitude in reimbursing my expenses for postage and franking of his letters.
Lewis also trumpeted the department's cost statistics, suggesting that the department's surplus would have been even larger without congressional franking.
Two postage stamps had been laboriously stuck on every envelope instead of passing them through a franking machine.
Because of errors in franking, we find that thousands of ballot papers, which otherwise would be perfectly valid, are rejected.
Was the franking done throughout the whole month?
I think that we could get rid of franking straight away.
However, the working party's response is that franking still "requires reconsideration".
Franking machines can be reset at approved sub-offices.