EGAVE

franking

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution.
  3. verb present participle and gerund of frank

Similar words

forthright plainspoken direct free-spoken outspoken obvious candid blunt postmark point-blank

Often followed by

privilege privileges machine machines letters credits of account credit

Word family

frank frankable franked franker frankers franks

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