postal : Idioms & Phrases


postal card

  • noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
    postcard; post card; mailing-card.
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Postal card, ∨ Post card

  • a card sold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other.
Webster 1913

postal clerk

  • noun a clerk in a post office
    mail clerk.
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postal code

  • noun a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail
    postcode; ZIP; ZIP code.
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Postal money order

  • . See Money order, under Money.
Webster 1913

Postal note

  • an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office.
Webster 1913

postal order

  • noun a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office
    money order.
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postal rate commission

  • noun an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates
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postal service

  • noun the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office
    mail; post; mail service.
    • the mail handles billions of items every day
    • he works for the United States mail service
    • in England they call mail `the post'
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Postal Union

  • a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.
Webster 1913

united states postal inspection service

  • noun the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service
    United States Postal Inspection Service.
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united states postal service

  • noun an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
    United States Postal Service; USPS.
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us postal inspection service

  • noun the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service
    United States Postal Inspection Service.
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us postal service

  • noun an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States
    United States Postal Service; USPS.
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