post-office

  • 11post office — post ,office noun count * a place where you can buy stamps, mail letters and packages, and receive mail …

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  • 12post office — ► NOUN 1) the public department or corporation responsible for postal services and (in some countries) telecommunications. 2) a building where postal business is transacted …

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  • 13Post office — For other uses, see Post office (disambiguation). A post office in Oxford, England, UK A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.[ …

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  • 14post office — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ head (BrE), main ▪ local, village (esp. BrE) VERB + POST OFFICE ▪ go to POST OFFICE + NOUN …

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  • 15post-office — adjective : of, relating to, or issued or conducted by the government through the post office a post office annuity a post office savings bank …

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  • 16post office */*/ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms post office : singular post office plural post offices a place where you can buy stamps, send letters and parcels, collect money given to you by the government etc …

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  • 17post office — noun 1 (C) a place where you can buy stamps, send letters and parcels etc 2 the Post Office BrE the national organization which is responsible for collecting and delivering letters: a Post Office van …

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  • 18Post Office — noun an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States • Syn: ↑United States Post Office, ↑US Post Office, ↑PO • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 19post office — /ˈpoʊst ɒfəs / (say pohst ofuhs) noun 1. the authority responsible for a country s postal and telecommunications services. 2. a local office of this authority for receiving, distributing, and transmitting mail, selling postage stamps, providing… …

  • 20post office — noun Date: 1652 1. a government department or agency handling the transmission of mail 2. a local branch of a national post office handling the mail for a particular place or area 3. a game in which a player acting as postmaster or postmistress… …

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