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  2. U.S. Special Delivery (postal service) - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Special Delivery was a postal service paid for with additional postage for urgent letters and postal packets which are delivered in less time than by standard or first class mail service. Its meaning is different and separate from express mail delivery service. Essentially it meant that a postal packet was delivered from a post office to ...

  3. Overnight policy rate - Wikipedia

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    The overnight policy rate (OPR) is the interest rate at which a depository institution lends immediately available funds (balances within the central bank) to another depository institution overnight. The amount of money a bank has fluctuates daily based on its lending activities and its customers’ withdrawal and deposit activity, therefore ...

  4. Cross-docking - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Cross-docking is a logistical practice of Just-In-Time Scheduling where materials are delivered directly from a manufacturer or a mode of transportation to a customer or another mode of transportation. Cross-docking often aims to minimize overheads related to storing goods between shipments or while awaiting a customer's order. [1]

  5. Overnight cost - Wikipedia

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    Overnight cost. Overnight cost is the cost of a construction project if no interest was incurred during construction, as if the project was completed "overnight." This concept is used for providing a simplistic cost comparison between power plant projects or technologies, through a ratio with the maximum power the plant can deliver.

  6. Registered mail - Wikipedia

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    A registered parcel sent from India to the UK with electronic barcode registration. Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made. Depending on the country, additional ...

  7. Manifest (transportation) - Wikipedia

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    e. A manifest, customs manifest or cargo document is a document listing the cargo, passengers, and crew of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, for the use of customs and other officials. [1] Where such a list is limited to identifying passengers, it is a passenger manifest or passenger list or bag manifest; conversely, a list limited to identifying ...