Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun philately a postage stamp printed on demand from a vending machine.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From the name of Frama AG, an early manufacturer of such machines.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Frama.

Examples

  • It was also said the SADF's involvement ended because a front company called Frama was set up.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • "The poor example set by the SADF, and later by Frama as sanctioned by the SADF, must inevitably have served as invitation to others, both servicemen and civilians, to climb on this lucrative bandwagon."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • From du Preez's evidence the commission inferred he had made arrangements in 1980 to ensure that Frama vehicles transporting ivory would not be stopped.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Later it collaborated with a front company, Frama Inter-trading, to continue these activities.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Later it collaborated with a front company, Frama Inter-trading, in the continuing illicit transportation of ivory and rhino horn.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The report said Frama was set up early in 1980 to purchase supplies for Unita in South Africa, and for conveying such goods to

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.