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Definition of postage - 4 dictionary results

post⋅age

[poh-stij]
–noun
the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.

Origin:
1580–90; post 3 + -age
post·age   (pō'stĭj)   
n.  
  1. The charge for mailing an item.
  2. The stamps, labels, or printing placed on an item to be mailed as evidence of payment of this charge.

Postage

Post"age\, n. The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.

Postage stamp, a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.
Language Translation for : postage
Spanish: franqueo, porte,
German: das Porto,
Japanese: 郵便料金

postage 
"cost of sending something by mail," 1654, from post (3). Postage stamp is attested from 1840; they were recorded as being collected in albums by 1862.
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