Courier

: This article discusses delivery couriers; for the font see Courier (font).

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A courier is a person or company that delivers packages and mail, often between offices and generally in a shorter timescale than surface mail. In cities, some couriers will ride bicycles or motorbikes but most today use trucks and aircraft.

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The term courier can also be used for a certain kind of robots, courier robots, that transport objects in a building (home, industry, and others).

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There are many courier enterprises. The world's largest courier company is UPS followed by FedEx.

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Another sort of courier is a "cash-courier". This is someone who carries large amounts of cash money from one place to another (from one country to another) to avoid the normal financial circuit (where they risk being reported to an anti-moneylaundering authority) and thus launder money from an illegal origin.

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Courier related Images and Photos (experimental)

Diplomatic Courier 1952

Diplomatic Courier 1952

An Ethiopian Courier Carries a Message from the Negus