1. the action or process of sorting items in advance or before the main sorting process

1. present participle of presort; sorting items in advance or before the main sorting process

Examples

• The mail facility uses presorting to speed up delivery times.
• Presorting the recycling materials saves time at the processing plant.
• The company is presorting the inventory before the warehouse move.
• Presorting helps reduce costs in bulk mailing operations.
• The postal service offers discounts for presorting large mailings.
• They are presorting the documents by department before filing.