FedEx
English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of federal + express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]FedEx
- (business) FedEx Corporation, a package express company.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Translingual: Fedexia
Verb
[edit]FedEx (third-person singular simple present FedExes, present participle FedExing, simple past and past participle FedExed)
- (transitive) To send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.
- 2011 March 10, Jim Holt, London Review of Books, page 11:
- Has he considered disconnecting his modem and Fedexing it to himself overnight, as some digital addicts say they have done?