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FedEx

name

Etymology

Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.

  1. derived from expressus
  2. borrowed from exprès
  3. compounded as fedex — “federal + express”

Definitions

  1. FedEx Corporation, a package express company.

  2. To send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.

    • Has he considered disconnecting his modem and Fedexing it to himself overnight, as some digital addicts say they have done?
    • Writers on assignment were encouraged to FedEx luggage to their destination, rather than schlep it on the plane.

  3. Alternative form of FedEx.

    • When it's over, delivered, faxed and Fedexed then reality sets in and the mood du jour takes over.
    • My junior editor had Fedexed deadline items from my in-box to Iowa.
    • Well, I think he could have had the contract Fedexed here and then he could have signed it and sent it home.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA