ground mail
ground mail — phrase
1. money paid for burying someone in a graveyard.
money paid for burying someone in a graveyard.
The graveyard office explained that ground mail was due before burial.
ground mail due before burial
After Daichi's grandfather died, the family borrowed money for the ground mail.
Camille chose the cheaper funeral plan because the ground mail was lower.
The church fund covered ground mail for families who could not afford it.
Old graveyard bills listed ground mail separately from the coffin price.
- burial fee
a plain modern term for the charge for burying someone
- interment fee
a more formal expression, common in official or cemetery documents
文法句型
pay ground mail
charge ground mail
cover the ground mail
用法筆記
Usually appears in funeral-cost discussions or older records. Common verbs are pay, cover, and charge, and the phrase names the burial fee itself, not the full cost of the funeral.