FedEx

See also: Fedex and fedex

English

Logo of FedEx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Proper noun

FedEx

1. (business) FedEx Corporation, a package express company.

Derived terms

• FedExer
• FedEx quest

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Fedexia

Verb

FedEx (third-person singular simple present FedExes, present participle FedExing, simple past and past participle FedExed)

1. (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?

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