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FedEx
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English
thumb|Logo of FedEx
Alternative forms
en Fedex fedex
Etymology
en federal express; abbreviated from the company’s former name, Federal Express.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-FedEx.wav US
Proper noun
en business FedEx Corporation, a package express company.
Derived terms
en FedExer FedEx quest
Descendants
mul Fedexia 1
Verb
en transitive To send a package or letter by FedEx, or a competitor.
en UPS verb
en March 10 2011 Jim Holt London Review of Books 11 Has he considered disconnecting his modem and Fedexing it to himself overnight, as some digital addicts say they have done?
en-US Michael M. Grynbaum The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth The New York Times 2025-06-27 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/business/media/conde-nast-magazines-vogue-vanity-fair.html 0362-4331 Writers on assignment were encouraged to FedEx luggage to their destination, rather than schlep it on the plane. https://web.archive.org/web/20251106162204/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/business/media/conde-nast-magazines-vogue-vanity-fair.html 6 November 2025
Anagrams
en deefx xfeed
en abbreviations genericized trademarks syllabic abbreviations