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post-paid

post-paid

1 3.2
The sender pays the postage before delivery
  • adjective
  • /ˈpoʊstˌpeɪd/
translation icon : franqueo pagado
  • The iPhone has been the single most important tool to get users to become post-paid subscribers with a data plan.

Examples

  • A single copy costs twenty-five cents post paid.

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  • Apple has proven, even in places like China, that it can convert millions to a US-style post-paid subsidized plan.

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  • By the end of 2010, we had 5.2 billion mobile phone subscriptions on the planet (prepaid and post-paid, combined).

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  • In the second quarter, 50% of all post-paid (as opposed to pre-paid customers who don't have contracts) wireless customers at Verizon had smartphones.

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  • In Kenya, you will possibly have 1 post-paid iPhone subscriber for 250 low-income, low-expense pre-paid users, and this is the best you can get in that context anyway.

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  • Publisher 2010: "Not by statistical gimmicks - very literally do have an active mobile phone subscription (prepaid or post-paid) and at least one mobile phone handset that they use."

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  • You can send letters post-paid so the recipient does not have to pay for the postage.

  • The company offers a service to deliver items post-paid to ensure convenience for customers.

  • To make it easier for customers, we will send your order post-paid right to your door.

Synonyms

post-free
vspost-paid
  • UK
4.6

Sent with postage paid by the sender so the receiver does not pay

is the same idea but expressed with a different term
postpaid
vspost-paid
3.7

Sent with the postage paid by the sender so the person who gets it does not pay

is focused on mail postage paid before delivery rather than general services
prestamped
vspost-paid
3.5

With a stamp already on it for sending by mail

means postage is paid but stresses the physical stamp rather than payment status
prepaid
vspost-paid
2.5

You pay for it before you use it

is specific to mail postage paid by sender before delivery rather than any purchase

Surface Forms

post-paid positive

Morphology

post-paid = post + paid (transparent) = post + paid

Meaning follows directly from 'post' (mail) + 'paid' (payment made): postage has been paid by the sender.

Etymology

Post-paid starts with post, the same root you see in postage and postcard meaning 'mail', and ends with paid, meaning 'money given'. So post-paid simply means the sender has already paid the cost for the mail before it was sent.