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(US) A category of mail in the US Postal Service including registered, numbered, insured, and certified mail.
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(military, slang) An AC2: an RCAF Aircraftman 2nd Class.
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A postal service in which all mail is sent by airmail at the usual surface rate with no need of a special label.
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(philately, informal) An envelope used by the postal authorities to convey a letter damaged during sorting.
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(India, Travancore) Post; postage
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mail delivered by bicycle and identified by stamp and/or postal mark.
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A post office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
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A numerical address for postal correspondence, managed by a company or organisation on behalf of the addressee, and used e.g. for convenience, if one does not have a suitable physical address for receiving mail, or to avoid giving one's real address (e.g. in a newspaper advertisement).
n
A renter of a post office box.
adv
Alternative form of by return of post [(UK) Replying in the next available mail delivery.]
adv
(UK) Replying in the next available mail delivery.
n
(UK, historical) A postal letter carried only part of the way to the central post office, and delivered to its destination along the way.
n
A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)
n
A helpline provided by a manufacturer of a product
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(US) First class mail that provides the sender proof of mailing and a delivery record.
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A person who delivers messages.
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An airmail envelope with a distinct pattern of spaced diamonds in alternating red and blue colours around the outer edge.
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An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed.
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The postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered.
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mail carried by dogsled.
adj
Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
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An item of mail requiring double postage.
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(US) A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.
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A repository for electronic mail.
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An electronic device that serves the purpose of a car key by locking and unlocking a vehicle remotely.
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(business) express mail service: a type of international express mail services.
n
A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
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An office where packages for an express are received or delivered.
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The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
n
A person employed in the express business.
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(business) Federal Express, a package express company.
n
(derogatory, role-playing games) A simple quest involving delivering an item to somebody.
n
(US, economics) The Federal Reserve Wire Network, a real-time gross settlement funds transfer system operated by the US Federal Reserve Banks.
n
A similar card used to hold biological liquid samples
n
(espionage) The covert interception and examination of postal mail.
adj
(US) A former class of mail consisting mostly of heavier printed matter.
v
To exempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
n
(chiefly UK) A postal service allowing a person to send mail without affixing postage, the recipient paying when collecting the mail.
n
(US, Canada) The issuing of postal mail to recipients from a post office counter, rather than by delivering it to their addresses.
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(postal service) A device for sorting mail which slides parcels across a sloped surface.
n
Alternative form of graymail [(US, law) The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.]
n
Abbreviation of HO scale. [(US, Australia) A popular scale for model railroads; 1:87 scale]
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A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards.
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An authentication protocol using a central ticket server.
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(computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
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An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.
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The material conveyed by the postal service.
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Small-scale artworks sent through the postal service as part of a populist artistic movement.
n
Alternative form of mailbox [A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.]
n
A person employed to deliver mail.
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a person who does clerical work in a post office.
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(US) An investigative technique in which the United States Postal Service, acting at the request of a law enforcement agency, records information from the outside of letters and parcels before they are delivered and sends that information to the requesting agency.
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(US, law) A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.
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(informal) A female postal worker.
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A system of commerce in which one orders goods from a remote store which are then shipped by mail.
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A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered.
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The delivery point where Mail Services delivers and collects mail.
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A vehicle used by mail carriers to store and deliver mail.
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Alternative form of mailbox [A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.]
n
Something sent via mail.
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Alternative form of mailout [An informational or promotional document sent by post.]
n
(computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
n
(US, law) An exception to the general rule of contract law that acceptance of an offer takes place when communicated. Instead, acceptance takes effect when a letter enters the postal system.
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A two-wheeled cart formerly used by postmen to deliver mail.
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A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
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(Canada, US) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
adj
Ordered to be delivered to one's home
n
An informational or promotional document sent by post.
n
(marketing) A collection of published, printed materials, and sometimes other objects, placed in a container (typically an envelope) and sent through the mail to a specific person or postal address.
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A letter carrier of any gender.
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An item sent through the mail.
n
A room used for receiving and (usually) sending mail.
n
A transport route which carries and delivers mail.
n
Alternative spelling of mail slot [A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered.]
n
(computing) A structure in a file system that stores electronic mail.
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A van used to transport letters and parcels.
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(philately) A postal cancellation that does not state any location or date, used in wartime to prevent the enemy gathering information about troop movements from captured mail.
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(Malaysia) an identity card carried by all Malaysian citizens, that is also used for electronic payments for public transport.
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A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
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(obsolete) A courier; someone delivering mail or post.
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A multinational electronics corporation in Japan.
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The delivery of newspapers to individual subscribers' houses.
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A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.
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The delivery of a message or an order into a person's hands, as distinguished from delivery in any other indirect way.
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(Britain and Ireland) A telephone box
n
(UK, Oxford University slang) The university's internal mail system.
n
A post office box; a lockable box hired from the postal authorities or a private company as a collection point for mail.
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Specialized (often humorous) spelling of post, meaning "internet post".
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(computing) A portscan that connects to numerous host computers in search of a specific open port rather than scanning a single computer for any open port.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand) An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
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A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).
n
(obsolete) The day on which the post is to be collected, or delivered.
n
(informal, chiefly Britain) A female postal worker.
v
To send away through the postal service; to mail.
n
(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
n
A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
n
(historical) Alternative form of post-office order. [(archaic) Synonym of postal order]
n
Alternative form of postrider [One who rides over a postroad to carry the mails.]
n
(UK) A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area.
adj
(Britain) Supplied by post (mail) to a customer without an additional charge for postage.
n
(archaic) Synonym of postal order
adj
Alternative spelling of postpaid [(postage) already paid or included in price]
n
The charge for posting an item.
adj
Indicating that insufficient or no postage has been prepaid for the delivery of an item of mail.
adj
Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
n
An organisation charged by the governing body of a country or region with the provision of postal services within that region.
n
Synonym of postal order.
n
Alternative form of postal money order. [Synonym of postal order.]
n
(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order.
n
A money order purchased at and issued by a post office for redemption at another post office to a named recipient.
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(historical, Canada, US, Australia) a village having a post office
n
A postperson; a postman or postwoman
n
A boy who carries letters from the post.
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A mail delivery vehicle that also serves as a bus for passengers, typically in areas with limited public transport.
n
The sending of postcards.
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(dated) A cart used to deliver the post.
adj
(UK) Having a postcode.
n
A postal service in which a mail is held at a post office to be collected by the recipient
n
A form that is designed to be filled out and sent through the mail.
n
(rare) A girl who delivers the post; a young postwoman.
n
A giro (financial instrument) sent through the post.
n
(obsolete) A building for distributing mail; a post office.
n
(US, dated) A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.
n
Alternative spelling of post lady [(informal, chiefly Britain) A female postal worker.]
n
(chiefly Britain) someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
n
A double knock at the door to indicate the delivery of letters or telegrams.
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The head of a post office.
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A postmaster responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government).
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Alternative spelling of post office [(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.]
n
(uncommon) A letter carrier of any gender.
n
A road designated for the transportation of postal mail.
n
(rare) A female letter carrier, a woman who delivers mail.
n
A depot where letters and parcels are left for transmission.
n
A form of postal delivery where the sender receives a receipt of postage, and the receiver must sign upon receiving it
adj
(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.
n
A special type of mail that provides more control than regular mail.
n
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of registered mail [A special type of mail that provides more control than regular mail.]
n
Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
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The national postal service of the United Kingdom.
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(Internet) The stored list of items that a person has chosen to purchase during an online shopping session but has not yet confirmed.
n
(retronym) Mail sent physically in the post, especially as compared to email.
n
Alternative form of snail mail. [(retronym) Mail sent physically in the post, especially as compared to email.]
n
Alternative form of snail mail. [(retronym) Mail sent physically in the post, especially as compared to email.]
n
A building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.
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(countable) A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.
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A subsidiary post or station.
n
Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.
n
(Britain and Ireland) A small enclosure housing a public telephone
n
(historical) A message of up to 100 words transmitted by telegraph at the post office.
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An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
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(chiefly attributive) The automatic capture of the originating numbers of incoming calls to a particular telephone number.
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(historical) A postal mail system used in America during World War II for correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad. Letters were censored, copied to film, and printed back onto paper at their destination.
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A document that proves vaccination against (certain) infectious diseases, particularly for the purpose of international travel.
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(historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
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Mail carried on zeppelins.
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Alternative form of zip code [(US) A postal code, especially for addresses served by the US Postal Service, consisting of a five- or nine-figure number.]
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