letterredirection

noun

UK /ˈlɛtə ˌriːdɪˈrɛkʃən/

US /ˈlɛtər ˌriːdɪˈrɛkʃən/

Sending a letter to a new address.

The post office used letterredirection to send my mail to my new home.

SYNONYMS

mail forwarding address forwarding postal redirect mail rerouting

RELATED WORDS

forwarding post office address change mail delivery redirection

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Changing where a letter is sent while it is on its way.

Letterredirection kept the package from going to the old house.

3. A service that sends someone else's mail to the right person.

Thanks to letterredirection, the lost letter reached its owner.

4. Moving a written message from one place to another.

The school used letterredirection to send report cards to the correct families.