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postage

postage

19 2.4
Money you pay to send a letter or package by mail
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊstɪdʒ/
translation icon : franqueo
  • If you don't put enough postage on your letter, it might be returned to you.
  • postage stamp
  • return postage
  • postage and handling

Now that's postage and mailers, that's social media ads, that's Google and YouTube ads.

Examples

  • And it came back because of insufficient postage.

    The Front Page (1974)

  • To order, send $29.95 (which includes postage and handling) to the address given in the box below.

    Academic text (1990)

  • You can buy and print official US postage right at home.

  • You can buy and print official US postage right on your computer.

  • US$ 11 plus return postage. All others US$ 15.

    Academic text (2008)

  • How much postage for this bike?

    Dear God (1996)

  • You can save on postage.

    Kafka (1991)

  • l was just weighing it to see if there was enough postage on it.

    It's a Great Feeling (1949)

  • I've spent more money on postage than I have on my rent.

    Finding Bliss (2009)

  • Mail orders will be $4.00 plus 1 oz postage for each calendar ordered.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

stamp
vspostage
240 1.0

A small piece of paper put on a letter to show postage is paid

is the money amount required to send an item by mail
postage stamp
vspostage
12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

is the money amount required to send an item by mail

Compounds

postage stamp
12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

postage meter
1 4.2

A machine that prints paid postage on mail and records the cost

postage franking
6.7

A stamp or printed mark on an envelope showing the cost to send it has been paid

vintage postage stamp
7.8

A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors

How Much

postage
19 2.4
post-free
  • UK
4.6

Surface Forms

postage singular
postages plural

Morphology

postage = post (semi-transparent) = post + age

The word is built from 'post' + '-age', but the suffix contributes a specialized noun meaning for postal charges rather than a fully predictable compositional sense.

Etymology

Postage comes from post (the old word for the mail service or the place where letters are left) plus the ending -age, which often means a 'charge' or cost. So postage is the money you pay to send a letter or package.