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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
courier
▪ I. cour·ier [courier couriers] BrE [ˈkʊriə(r)] NAmE [ˈkʊriər] noun
1. a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere
•We sent the documents by courier.
2. (BrE)a person who is employed by a travel company to give advice and help to a group of tourists on holiday
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’.
Example Bank:
•I'll send a courier with the blueprints.
•Urgent deliveries of medicine may be sent by motorcycle courier.
▪ II. cour·ier verb
•~ sth Courier that letter— it needs to get there today (= send it by ↑courier ).
Main entry: ↑courierderived
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