Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised. · Unmistakable, clinically obvious, self-evident. · Unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free. · Liberal; generous; profuse.
Free postage, a right exercised by governments (usually with definite article). · The notice on an envelope where a stamp would normally be found.
To place a frank on an envelope. · To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc. · To send by public conveyance free of expense.
From Middle English frank, from Old French franc (“free”), in turn from the name of an early Germanic confederation, the Franks, from Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“javelin, spear”). Doublet of Frank, franc, and farang.
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