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mailing address

mailing address

8 1.3
The address where letters or packages are sent to reach someone
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪlɪŋ əˈdrɛs/
translation icon : dirección postal
  • Please provide your mailing address so we can send you the package.
  • mailing address or telephone
  • mailing address or telephone number
  • complete mailing address

And so we decided to change our mailing address to Holly and Arthur Frobisher.

Examples

  • Please provide your mailing address so I can send you your brown shirt.

    Blog text (25)

  • My mailing address is 7087 Lakeshore, Tahoe City, California, 96145.

    The Deep End (2001)

  • Let me give you our mailing address.

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

  • Is there any way I can get her mailing address?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • So, please send me a mailing address and I will get them sent.

    Blog text (22)

  • We just had an issue with a delivery, and wanted to confirm a student mailing address.

    Thoroughbreds (2018)

  • The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their mailing address before a new winner is selected.

    Blog text (18)

  • And so we decided to change our mailing address to Holly and Arthur Frobisher.

    Team Coco

  • Of those, the authors obtained 206 mailing addresses with permission from the organization.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Initially, 102 families received survey packages, of which 18 were returned due to incorrect mailing addresses.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

postal address
vsmailing address
1 2.0

The place where people send your mail, like a house or P.O. Box

is where mail is sent to reach a person or organization

Surface Forms

mailing address singular
mailing addresses plural

Morphology

mailing + address

The meaning 'the address to which mail is sent' is directly and compositionally derived from 'mailing' (the sending of mail) combined with 'address' (place/contact details). This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The phrase mailing address comes from the simple idea of the place where people send letters and packages. The word mailing shows the act of sending and address is the place, so it means the place to send mail 'to reach a person or organization'.