ground mail
ground mail — 片語
1. money paid for burying someone in a graveyard.
下葬費
在墓地下葬時要付的費用
money paid for burying someone in a graveyard.
The graveyard office explained that ground mail was due before burial.
墓園辦公室說，下葬前要先付下葬費。
ground mail due before burial
After Daichi's grandfather died, the family borrowed money for the ground mail.
Daichi 的祖父過世後，全家為了下葬費去借錢。
Camille chose the cheaper funeral plan because the ground mail was lower.
Camille 選了較便宜的喪葬方案，因為下葬費比較低。
The church fund covered ground mail for families who could not afford it.
教會基金替付不起的人家支付下葬費。
Old graveyard bills listed ground mail separately from the coffin price.
舊墓園帳單把下葬費和棺材費分開列出。
- 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.