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USPS

USPS

10 3.4
A government service that handles mail and deliveries in the United States
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːˌɛsˌpiːˈɛs/
translation icon : Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos
  • Once we have that refund, we'll be heading right to USPS to get you a money order instead.
  • USPS Postal Service
  • USPS mail
  • USPS team

If you're using USPS, FedEx, UPS, they can handle it all.

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Examples

  • I was told by my USPS tracking that it left the US on August 13, 2012, via Florida.

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  • Your parents can send those things relatively cheaply through USPS, UPS, FedEx, and many other shipping services.

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  • You have just given the USPS one more hour of free labor.

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  • You have just given the USPS three more hours of free labor.

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  • You have just given the USPS three hours of free labor.

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  • Congress passed legislation that altered the business model for the USPS, cutting off federal funding.

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  • Is it coming via USPS, FedEx or UPS?

  • The bill required the USPS to prefund 75 years of retirement costs in a 10-year period.

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  • Find your nine-digit zip code at the USPS Zip Code+4 finder.

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  • The USPS delivers millions of letters and packages across the country every day.

Synonyms

Post Office
vsUSPS
24 1.0

A public place where people send and pick up letters and parcels

focuses on the agency as a whole rather than local offices
PO
vsUSPS
  • US
19 1.8

A building where people send and receive mail

is the full name rather than the abbreviated written form
10 1.4

A system that sends and delivers letters and packages

highlights the organized agency that runs that system
3 2.4

A government agency that delivers letters and packages across the United States

is the identical agency but usually referenced by its initials
3 2.3

A government service that collects, sorts, and delivers mail across the United States

is the same organizational role but phrased with other terminology
mail service
vsUSPS
1 1.0

An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government

is the formal government agency operating that broader service
1 2.0

A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States

refers to the same agency but with a different common name
1 2.0

A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States

uses the same institutional role but in a slightly different title

Surface Forms

USPS singular
USPSs plural

Etymology

USPS is a short name made from the first letters of United States Postal Service. The word Postal comes from post, meaning 'mail', so USPS is the national agency that sends and delivers letters and packages.