ZIP
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1.8
- noun
- /zɪp/
- US
:
código postal
- Please enter your five-digit zip code.
- ZIP code
- ZIP code area
- US ZIP code
I think of it sometimes as a zip code for information.
- I think of it sometimes as a zip code for information.
- And then proxies such as, you know, zip code may be a problem as well.
- You know, people zip codes pitch the state based credits.
Examples
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Approximately 35.6% of the households in these zip codes receive public assistance income or government non-cash benefits.
Academic text (2006) -
Nearly all the residential ZIP codes in these four boroughs were represented in the sample.
Academic text (2003) -
I think of it sometimes as a zip code for information.
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Okay, but let me get your zip code.
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Think you can get a decent plate of eggs anywhere in this zip code?
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I defined a respondent's neighborhood of residence as the respondent's zip code area of residence.
Academic text (2011) -
More than 95 percent of the sample was designated by zip code as living inside an MSA.
Academic text (2001) -
Aidan, that zip code is serviced by Midwest Power and Energy.
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Students analyzed the data and identified several zip codes with highly exposed populations and low home-testing participation.
Academic text (1997) -
Please enter your five-digit zip code for accurate delivery.
Synonyms
35
1.6
A group of numbers used in a United States postal address to sort mail
2
1.7
A short set of letters and numbers added to an address to help deliver mail
2
1.4
A group of letters and numbers that is part of an address to help mail delivery
Idioms
Compounds
- UK
A thing that closes clothes or bags by joining two rows of teeth with a sliding tab
Surface Forms
Etymology
ZIP comes from the postal name Zone Improvement Plan. It was chosen because the short word 'zip' also means 'speed', so these codes help mail move faster and be sent to the right place.