postage stampformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - the postal system
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BFPO
care ofidiom
catch the post
collection box
consignee
delivery
direct mail
dispatch
first class
Freepost
mail slot
pigeonhole
poste restante
postmark
self-addressed
sorting office
stamp
window
zip code

postage | American Dictionary

postage
noun[ U ]
us/ˈpoʊ·stɪdʒ/
the money charged or paid for sending letters and parcels by mail

postage | Business English

postage
noun[ U ]
 COMMUNICATIONSuk /ˈpəʊstɪdʒ/us
the money that you pay for sending letters and packages by mail:
postage costs/ratesWe have reduced postage costs by nearly $24,000 as a result of the direct deposit option.

Examples of postage

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For orders not pre-paid, postage and packing will be charged according to the weight of the book.
The return of contributions cannot be guaranteed unless return postage is provided.
This trend is explained by lower postage and administration costs when using the e-fax capabilities of the automated documentation system.
Rates include postage and insurance and are subject to change without notice.
I count on his exactitude in reimbursing my expenses for postage and franking of his letters.
Therefore, the automated system becomes less attractive as the percentage of notes requiring postage increases.
But please do whatever you can to save postage from this end by taking the initiative in sending information for use in these pages.
The psychosocial budget included a variety of expenditures: on telephone, postage, sports, social club and trade union subscription, for example.
The card will be similar to the standard credit card but will have a sensor about the size of a postage stamp built into it.
Postage, photocopying, and printing costs were included in the distribution costs.
The second tape covers the recorder's postage costs and something towards the effort of recording.
Yet there are at present about 200 states in existence - many of which are postage-stamp states that cannot be counted as aspirant nation-states.
Consumables included, for example, bowel preparation (4), gloves, paper mats, polypectomy snares, biopsies (required for around 27% of examinations) and administrative requisites, such as stationery, postage, and telephone charges.
Prices shown include postage and insurance.
At first my interest in insects ran alongside collecting postage stamps, cigarette packets and the numbers of railway engines, but gradually these other interests were left behind.
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