postage stamp
12
1.0
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstɪdʒ stæmp/
:
sello
- From a historical perspective, today's ubiquitous postage stamp is a novelty.
- issue postage stamps
- postage stamps commemorating
- set of postage stamps
It's not just the postage stamps that have her profile and the coins and banknotes and post boxes.
- It's not just the postage stamps that have her profile and the coins and banknotes and post boxes.
- So let's say many in on the back there's a postage stamp with a date and a time.
Examples
-
Of the twelve Peruvian postage stamps, only one denomination would be used for regular mail.
Academic text (1992) -
Since the 1930s, both nations have found occasion to issue postage stamps with maps that could be considered provocative.
Academic text (1992) -
And your face will be on a postage stamp.
-
You would look lovely on a postage stamp!
-
A couple of postage stamps so you can write home.
-
Previous studies of postage stamps noted their importance in promoting national identity and the objectives of the state.
Academic text (2011) -
Case in point, Ukraine just unveiled a new postage stamp based off the Russian warship Go Yourself incident.
-
In the spring of 1965, the Soviet authorities issued a postage stamp at a value of four kopecks in his honor.
Fiction book (1996) -
Once again, postage stamps have served as a non-violent means of delivering a message about territorial claims.
Academic text (1992) -
The letter was mailed with a postage stamp to ensure delivery.
Synonyms
240
1.0
A small piece of paper put on a letter to show postage is paid
15
2.3
A small paper stamp you put on a letter to show you paid to send it
A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines two clearly related nouns: 'postage' (relating to payment or service for sending mail) and 'stamp' (an adhesive label). A B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to the adhesive label used to pay postage; this compositional pattern is common across languages and therefore highly transparent.
Etymology
Postage stamp comes from the idea of a small piece of paper that shows the mail fee was 'paid'. The word postage means the cost to send a letter and stamp comes from marking or sticking a small paper to an envelope, so a postage stamp is the little paper proof you stick on mail to show payment.