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postage

postage

15 2.3
A small paper stamp you put on a letter to show you paid to send it
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊstɪdʒ/
translation icon : sello
  • I know very little about a postage stamp.
  • postage stamp
  • postage-paid envelope
  • postage-paid return

So let's say many in on the back there's a postage stamp with a date and a time.

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Examples

  • - Oh, personal mail, but I used my own postage.

  • And your face will be on a postage stamp.

  • Make it $20 and the postage for my book, okay?

  • You would look lovely on a postage stamp!

  • Whenever they raise the postage, people need the little stamps.

  • Order now and we'll knock a whopping 12% off the cost of postage.

  • A few years back, a colleague laughed at the topic of my conference presentation: "What, you study postage stamps?"

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the spring of 1965, the Soviet authorities issued a postage stamp at a value of four kopecks in his honor.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • One week later, the CEOs received a survey questionnaire accompanied by a postage-paid return envelope.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I need to buy a few postage stamps before mailing this letter.

Synonyms

stamp
vspostage
240 1.0

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

is more specific meaning the adhesive token showing mail charges were paid
postage stamp
vspostage
12 1.0

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

is a broader adhesive token used to show mail charges were paid

Compounds

12 1.0

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

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

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

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

Surface Forms

postage singular
postages plural

Morphology

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

The form is morphologically clear, but the sense referring to a stamp is a metonymic extension of postal charges rather than a fully literal combination.

Etymology

Postage can also mean the small stamp you put on a letter to show you paid for the mail service. A postage stamp shows you have paid the 'postage', so the post will carry your letter.