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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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| —n | |
| a. the charge for delivering a piece of mail | |
| b. (as modifier): postage charges | |
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Postage
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
Postage stamps can be purchased by mail, at the supermarket, even from many bank cash machines.
Slap on an address tab and postage, and it should be good for mail and shipping with little or no preparation.
The last thing job candidates need to do is spend money they do not have on mechanical thank-you notes and postage.
Most of them can pay to send books and magazines overseas, but not for postage to their offices or warehouses.
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