A member's facsimile signature, which is used on envelopes in lieu of stamps, for the member's official outgoing mail. The "franking privilege" is the right to send mail po [..]

"to free a letter for carriage or an article for publication, to send by public conveyance free of expense," 1708, from shortened form of French affranchir, from a- "to" + franchir [..]

short for frankfurter, by 1916, American English. Franks and beans attested by 1953.

one of the Germanic tribal people (Salian Franks) situated on the lower Rhine from 3c. that conquered Romano-Celtic northern Gaul c.500 C.E.; from their territory and partly from their language grew m [..]

c. 1300, "free, liberal, generous;" 1540s, "outspoken," from Old French franc "free (not servile); without hindrance, exempt from; sincere, genuine, open, gracious, generous; [..]

1) The privilege of sending mail for free, granted to members of Congress. 2) A mark, stamp, or signature on mail that substitutes for postage. 3) A letter or package that has been franked. 4) The act [..]

a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century blunt: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; &am [..]

Governor-General of occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945, under whose auspices millions of Polish Jews were murdered. Also represented Hitler as his personal lawyer.  He was tried and executed in Nürnber [..]

Governor-General of occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945. A member of the Nazi Party from its earliest days and Hitler's personal lawyer, he announced, "Poland will be treated like a colony [..]

 the feeding place of swine.

An indication on a cover that postage is prepaid, partially prepaid or that the letter is to be carried free of postage. Franks may be written, hand-stamped, imprinted or affixed. Free franking is usu [..]

Frank is a signature, stamp, or mark affixed to mail as a substitute for postage. It also denotes the privilege of sending certain mail free of charge, accorded to certain government officials, such a [..]

(n) a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century(n) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a br [..]

A name given by the Turks, Greeks, and Arabs to any of the inhabitants of the western parts of Europe, as the English, Italians, Germans, Spaniards, French, etc.

practice where members of Parliament were allowed to send letters for free (until 1840) by signing the bottom left corner of the envelope.

n.(2) "franc, a French gold coin," s.v. franc OED. KEY: frank@n2

n2 10 frankes 10

honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised. ''May I be frank with you?'' (medicine) unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident ''The resea [..]

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

From an Old German name that referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in the regions now called France, Belgium and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th century. They p [..]