Meaning of 'courier'

[Sajjad Qamar]

Test No. incompl/inter-16 "Letter Writing", question 9

Quite honestly I cannot trust this particular letter to be sent by post and so I am using the services of a ......... to deliver it for me.

(a) courier
(b) runner
(c) traveller
(d) carrier

Test No. incompl/inter-16 "Letter Writing", answer 9

Quite honestly I cannot trust this particular letter to be sent by post and so I am using the services of a courier to deliver it for me.

Correct answer: (a) courier

Your answer was: correct
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What is a courier?

[Torsten]

A courier is a messenger who picks up small packages and delivers them to any address within a particular area, usually a town.

TOEIC listening, photographs: City Dwellings

[Achilles1902]

[Torsten]

A carrier usually is an organization, a vehicle, a host of a virus or a company:
- a phone carrier
- an education carrier
- an aircraft carrier
- an H1N1 animal flu carrier

TOEIC listening, photographs: A train station

[Achilles1902]

Oh, I see. Thank you very much