courier

A person or company paid to take packages or documents quickly from one place to another.

• The courier brought my package.
• We use a courier for urgent deliveries.
• Which courier company sent these documents?

How to use it: send something by courier (We sent the signed papers by courier.)

Similar words: delivery service, delivery person

Common phrases: by courier, courier service, bike courier

A person who carries messages from one person or place to another.

• A courier brought the message.
• The king sent a courier with new orders.
• Two couriers carried letters across the mountains.

Similar words: messenger

Common phrases: royal courier, military courier, send a courier

To send something using a person or company that delivers packages or documents quickly.

• Please courier the papers today.
• They couriered the signed contract to me.
• Can you courier this package to our London office?

How to use it: courier something to someone/somewhere (We will courier the contract to your office.)

Similar words: send by courier

Common phrases: courier something over, courier the documents, courier a package