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post⋅age
[poh-stij] 
stɪdʒ
–noun
| the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps. |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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