Postage
['pəʊstɪdʒ] or ['postɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.
(noun.) the charge for mailing something.
Edited by Eileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
Inputed by Allen
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of postage stamps, denotes system and remuneration in business. If you try to use cancelled stamps, you will fall into disrepute. To receive stamps, signifies a rapid rise to distinction. To see torn stamps, denotes that there are obstacles in your way.
Typed by Cyril
Examples
- I offered her a postage-stamp when she came down. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The typewriter saves time, labor, postage and paper; it reduces the liability to mistakes, brings system into official correspondence, and delights the heart of the printer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When Morocco is in a state of war, Arab couriers carry letters through the country and charge a liberal postage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- None but members of parliament and a few public officers have now a right to avoid, by a frank, the payment of postage. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The threads in postage envelopes and in bankers' cheques, are introduced by this process of plating two surfaces together. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Edited by Dorothy